Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will be represented at the International Labour Organisation's annual conference in Geneva from 15 to 17 June; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24308/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government was represented at the 98th International Labour Conference by Mr Dara Calleary.T.D., Minister for Labour Affairs who headed the Irish delegation to the Conference. A core aspect of this year's Conference concerned the Report of the Director General of the International Labour Office on Tackling the global jobs crisis: recovery through decent work policies.

The Minister in his address to the International Labour Conference welcomed the outcome of the ILO deliberations of the Director General's Report culminating in a Global Jobs Pact as reflected in the outcome document from the Conference entitled "Recovering from the crisis: a Global Jobs Pact". This outcome represents, according to the Minister, the coming together, in a time of crisis, of the ILO's constituents – governments, workers and employers – to seek solutions to and consensus on principles and policy options to guide the necessary recovery. It is a call for ILO action and forms the basis for a coherent international response to the crisis.

The Minister welcomed the fact that the Global Jobs Pact reflects the importance of placing employment, labour and social concerns at the centre of policies needed to achieve a fair and sustainable recovery.