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

Murphy International is part of the giant Murphy group of companies that operates throughout Ireland, the UK and Canada generating €1.5 billion in revenues. It benefits from big State contracts here from local authorities, Irish Water etc. Last year, a group of workers in Limerick were sacked by Murphy International. They were members of Unite and one was a shop steward. Unite believes they were victimised for their trade union activity. These workers were engineering and construction contractors at Aughinish Alumina Ltd., which is owned by RUSAL International, whose majority shareholder is the Russian billionaire and Putin supporter Oleg Deripaska.

The Government was very vocal when Mr. Deripaska faced sanctions but its silence has been deafening on workers' rights at this company. I put it to the Taoiseach that the State should not be giving contracts to companies that engage in union busting and there should be no more State contracts for Murphy International until these workers are reinstated.

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