Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that all entitlements, pensions and promotional opportunities accruing to Irish Shell employees will not be diminished in the aftermath of the sale of the company, in view of the fact that these matters are not before the Labour Court, other than a redundancy issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36252/05]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Labour Court is an independent statutory body and acts independently in carrying out its functions. I am therefore not at liberty to discuss individual cases that are due to be heard by the court even if I had reason to do so. However I understand that a recommendation on more than just the issue of redundancy was issued by the Labour Court to the parties on 21 November 2005. This recommendation, LRC18404, is confidential until 29 November 2005 to allow both parties time to consider its contents. The Deputy may wish to inform himself of the outcome of this hearing. However, if the Deputy has any specific information of which my Department should be aware, I invite him to supply it.