Shane Ross (Independent)

The trades unions represent only one third of the workforce. The employers who will be feted in Government Buildings represent nobody but the banks and semi-State organisations. The farmers' representatives have a claim to represent somebody and Father Seán Healy will represent a self-appointed voluntary pillar. This represents the sidelining of the Senate and the Dáil while a new programme for Government on issues we should control, such as transport and child care, is written and consented to by the Government and stitched up while we look like political eunuchs.