Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a briefing from the Irish ambassador in France on the Nuit Debout movement of young persons and trade unionists which has emerged in response to the attempt by the President of France, Mr François Hollande, to change the country's labour laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11951/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Embassy in Paris reports continually on all significant political and economic developments in France, including the question of labour law reform. The issue of labour law reform is an internal matter for France and I do not propose therefore to comment further on this matter.