Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The objective is to get agreement.

Senator Burke made the point about the settlement agreement in the High Court proceedings. Separately from that, the framework agreement I have signed is not a settlement with the IMO in the context of litigation. That is an entirely separate matter. I have concluded and signed a framework agreement between the Department and the HSE on the one hand, and the IMO on the other about how we structure our negotiations and our engagement on all of these matters. The State was not involved in those proceedings. This is an agreement between the Department and the IMO to direct and manage-----