Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

On the same subject, after the Order of Business the House will discuss the Employee (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill. In view of the relatively short time available until next Monday, those of us who hope to contribute may have the opportunity to say something about what I was going to call Irish Ferries, but which should perhaps be renamed "Central and Eastern European Ferries". I wonder whether there are any proposals in the company at senior executive not to mention chief executive level for proportionate cuts in pay and benefits and, if those are not accepted, whether there is a proposal to advertise for a new chief executive in, for example, the Moldovan national newspapers. I wonder if the people who run the company have the faintest idea of the negative publicity which has been generated.