Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We need a just transition and I do not believe that transition can be done on the basis that climate change and the switch away from fossil fuels gives companies permission not to work in a way that is within the spirit and law in terms of social partnership and looking after workers' rights in this country. I do not accept or agree with that. We have to rely on the institutions of the State, including the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court and other mechanisms, where there is any question arising in such matters. I do not have the specific detail of the case the Deputy mentioned and I do not want to draw conclusions until I have a chance to look at it. There are mechanisms in place in the State to protect workers' rights and labour rights and they are the first place to which we turn. On the wider issue of just transition, we must intervene to make sure that where jobs in the fossil fuel industries are lost, we provide alternatives.

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