Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be put in place to ensure that while a dispute between his Department and its officials (details supplied) is going on that farmers and their income will not be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2445/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In announcing industrial action by technical staff in my Department, IMPACT have stated that their aim is to cause administrative inconvenience to the Department’s management without impacting on farmers or the food industry. I am, of course, concerned to ensure that the issues which gave rise to this industrial action are resolved as quickly as possible and my Department will work with IMPACT within the available industrial relations mechanisms to achieve that outcome. To this end we have issued an invitation to IMPACT to attend discussions tomorrow which they accepted.