Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I doubt that many people in this country favour strike action and I think most people, as the Deputy said, want to see an end to the disruption. I am very conscious the least helpful thing anyone in this House, most of all me, could do is wade right into this while Labour Court hearings are under way today. A huge amount of work has gone in to get to this point. I thank both parties for agreeing to attend and the Labour Court for agreeing to intervene. All I will do at this stage is really encourage both sides to dig deep to find a solution. The only way an industrial relations dispute is resolved is with two things, engagement and compromise. It is up to both parties to decide whether they wish to bring about a resolution now, which will always end in engagement and compromise, or put the travelling public through more chaos. I certainly hope it is the first.

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