Shane Ross (Independent)

——yes, diesel, springing up all over Ireland on both sides of the Border. If we ignore this we do so at our peril. I hope there is no consent or turning of a blind eye to such activities among officials of the Irish establishment.

I wish to ask a question on an issue that will arise in the next few weeks and which I have previously raised in this House. We are in danger of looking irrelevant once again while talks take place in Government Buildings between the trade unions and the employers. I say this because the trades unions, ICTU, represent less than one third of the workforce.