Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday there were pickets and protests outside Irish embassies and consulates in Australia, Austria, Britain, Belgium, Greece, Germany, the USA, Sweden, Canada and elsewhere in solidarity with Irish paramedics who were demanding the right to be recognised in the union of their choice. My question is this. Is it the case that these trade unionists and socialists have done more to help paramedics in 24 hours than the Government has done for a year? Will the Government change its position and grant them the democratic right to be represented by the union of their choice and for the union to be recognised by the HSE? More than 500 have made this choice.

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