Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in a dispute at a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin where workers have been let go because of dispute between management and the owners. [16610/08]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the situation at a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin where 65 workers have lost their jobs following a dispute between management and the owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16609/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 67 together.

Responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes is a matter for the parties involved. The State provides the industrial relations dispute settlement machinery free of charge to assist this process, which, in line with the general principles of industrial relations in Ireland, is voluntary in nature. The system of industrial relations in Ireland is designed to help and support parties in their efforts to resolve their differences, rather than imposing an extensive set of legislative conditions on parties to an industrial dispute.

I understand that neither the Labour Relations Commission nor the Labour Court has been asked by any of the parties to assist in resolving any issues relating to this hotel that may be in dispute.