Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the ongoing industrial dispute between an organisation (details supplied) and its workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42032/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports more than 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. Funding is provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and/or an agreed number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions.

While the CSP provides a contribution to the cost of FTE positions in the organisation in question, the organisation is a private company. Accordingly, all internal operations including general employment and industrial relations issues are matters for the Board of the company, as the employer, to manage.