Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is in favour of trade union representatives at the Cadbury-Mondelez plant in Coolock in Dublin 5 having full access to the accounts of the company, and having independent expertise, in order that the company's cost reduction efforts can be examined fully, and alternatives can be formulated by the trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18417/15]

Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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I understand the dispute at the Cadbury Mondelez plant in Coolock relates to redundancies at that site and I would like to assure the Deputy that the State’s industrial relations machinery is available, if required, to assist in this dispute. I know that in similar situations in the past, the parties have facilitated access to commercially sensitive information such as company accounts. It is a matter for the parties in each dispute to decide however.

Ireland’s system of industrial relations is, essentially, voluntary in nature and responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes between employers and workers, whether in redundancy or other collective disputes, rests with the employer, the workers and their representatives. The State provides the industrial relations dispute settlement to support parties in their efforts to resolve their differences.

Even what often appears to be the most intractable of disputes is capable of resolution where both sides engage constructively and in good faith in this voluntary process. The principle of good faith implies that both sides in a dispute make every effort to reach an agreement and endeavour, through genuine and constructive negotiations, to resolve their differences.