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Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: We did that under a certain set of circumstances and certain terms of propositions advanced by the company and the unions, which agreed at the time in those particular——

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: They were the circumstances advanced in terms of the discontinuation of the service, as then advanced by Irish Ferries——

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: ——and also in terms of the protection of the situation on the Irish Sea, for which certain commitments and guarantees were given to the Government——

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: ——and subsequently broken. With regard to the legal position, we are satisfied that the set of circumstances applied to the MV Normandy was separate to that which now applies. As I indicated, we have not yet received a redundancy notice from Irish Ferries in regard to the current situation. I have taken legal advice from the Attorney General. I have indicated publicly that the preliminary...

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: Will the Deputy repeat that?

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: EU law is very clear on the issue of re-flagging and the right of establishment. There is a process to follow when an application is received.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Micheál Martin: With respect, the Deputy asked a question to which I am giving a specific answer. The Attorney General has advised the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on processing the application. I have outlined the realities of the situation once the connection is established. The company is outlining issues regarding the connection.

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.