Written answers

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Industrial Disputes

11:00 am

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of industrial disputes, industrial actions including work to rule presently being engaged in by staff of his Department; when these actions were initiated; the individual subject matter of each dispute or action; the current status of each dispute or action; the estimated loss in productivity arising from each dispute or action; if each dispute or action is in contravention of the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46519/10]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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There is no industrial action under way in my Department. For completeness, however, I might mention two issues in the wider Justice sector.

Members of the Prisons Officers' Association are currently working to rule in one prison in relation to the procedures used for the filling of posts which carry allowances. There is no loss in productivity and it is not in contravention of the Croke Park Agreement. This issue will be dealt with through the normal Industrial Relations mechanisms.

Civilian staff of An Garda Síochána are currently engaged in a dispute at the Garda National Immigration Bureau relating to the handling of applications under the Immigration Act 2004. The matter is currently being dealt with within the Industrial Relations framework of An Garda Síochána.

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