Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I plead with the Minister of State to pause the Irish Wheelchair Association's decision. Let us give it a year to see if we can examine and resolve this problem. I am using strong words but how dare the Irish Wheelchair Association carry on like this and behave in this way towards elected representatives? Its treatment of workers has been disgraceful. Some 45 or 46 jobs are at stake. The treatment of the workers is outrageous. What is wrong with this facility? When he visited the area, the Minister of State stated that the facility is outstanding. The decision must be reversed, at least in the short term. Many people use this facility. Not long ago, I received a call from Deirdre, an Irish Wheelchair Association member from Dublin, who had read about this online as did many of her friends. This is disgraceful carry on from a body which has just received €40 million, with the help of the Minister of State, over the past year. I again ask the Minister of State to please reverse this decision, in the short term at least.

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