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- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: EU law is very clear on that.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: It is not comparable to the Deputy's points about social welfare and the decision we took on EU migrants coming into the country. The law is very clear on the right to re-establishment.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: We decided, above and beyond any other country apart from the United Kingdom, to allow migrant labourers come in on social welfare.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy raised it. On that issue the Commission has challenged us. That decision cannot be compared to reflagging and so forth. The Taoiseach informally raised with other EU leaders the issues pertaining to the Irish Ferries experience. I have not received a formal report from the Taoiseach about the EU-Mediterranean Summit. This issue was not formally on the agenda but he has had informal...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Who said that?
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: No one said anything about any mistake.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I have not got sick yet from reading the Irish Independent and some of the nauseating dimensions to certain media commentary.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: We need to be careful when using rhetoric in this matter. I have sought to place it in perspective.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I have noted the understandable anger from all Members about how the management of Irish Ferries has gone about this dispute.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: It is an important message to come from the House. It will also uphold the value of the industrial relations machinery in place to protect workers' rights. Both parties, employers and workers, must uphold and honour the outcome of the labour relations machinery, be it the Labour Relations Commission or the Labour Court. Some rhetoric has been used in the House to position the Taoiseach as the...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: By and large, the media supports the continuation of social partnership. There will always be balances and emphasis and positions will be taken by respective media organs where the outcome of any social partnership agreement should rest in dealing with competitiveness and the challenges of globalisation. The Government has not thrown its hands in the air. Deputy Morgan asked if the Government...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Fanciful as it is to speak in a rhetorical fashion as if we were back in 1913, we simply are not.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: We are in 2005. There was no deal done by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment or any other in the reflagging or redundancy package of the MV Normandy. It was done in the context of the Redundancy Payments Act and the information available.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: The legal position is that no precedent has been set.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I will refer Deputy Gregory's question on private security firms' access to tear gas to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Irish Ferries has withdrawn its security staff from the vessels. Any investigation is a matter for the Garda, if a complaint has been made. Has Deputy Broughan made a formal complaint to the Garda?
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Then it is a matter for the Garda.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Costello should know the Minister does not carry out investigations. If he did, Deputy Costello would be the first to stand up and rail against it. The Health and Safety Authority did consult its counterpart in the United Kingdom. We would need to see the redundancy notices from Irish Ferries to see if they constitute a legitimate redundancy scenario. To date we have received no such...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: The Government is united on the basis we do not want to give people illusions or pretend to workers there are solutions where there is none.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: That is the point I made in my original speech. There is no point in Deputies saying nice things and giving the impression that something can be done when that is not the case.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: It is about being honest with those concerned, those at the heart of the dispute, rather than pretending we can do things which are not possible.