Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Deputy's work on this matter and thank her for bringing it up. This is a live issue under the concern of the Department. We would first and foremost encourage everyone to engage with the WRC. There are a number of issues going on in the stores, as the Deputy mentioned, in relation to salaries and rent. I am due to meet the new head of Iceland in the coming weeks. To talk more widely about the Deputy's point, we have a strong practice of voluntary trade unionism and engagement here and it has delivered results. We have relative industrial harmony in this country. We have one of the lowest number of strike days in the EU due to employer and employee engagement, which is to be commended. We will continue to engage on this particular issue and I am more than happy to keep the Deputy directly abreast of it as well.

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