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

His backbenchers were going around the picket lines for days previously giving the workers the broad outline of the offer. I ask the Taoiseach not to take people for fools. He was part and parcel of an insulting offer that was made to these workers. The workers the Taoiseach met in Government Buildings and whom he has just spoken about organised a rally outside the shop today at which thousands of leaflets were distributed. The workers made very clear that they feel the Taoiseach and other Government Deputies have let them down very badly, as indeed they have.

KPMG has stated it cannot make the offer the workers wish unless it is instructed to do so by the Government. The workers will not let the stock leave the shops and this dispute will not go away until that offer is made. The Taoiseach knows what he has to do. I ask him to do it now, please, and resolve this dispute.

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