Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-10
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

I do not doubt the Taoiseach's bona fides in trying to settle this outstanding strike. The State should step aside as a creditor because otherwise the workers will not get the redundancy they are looking for. It is really important that something concrete happens. We can talk until the cows come home and have all of the platitudes we want but this is about will.
It is like everything in life: if the will is there, things can be settled. Things are not as complicated as they are made out to be. The Taoiseach and the Government have the power to intervene on this occasion, because the previous Government made a mess of the situation where workers were being screwed by their big employer. Of course, there are rogue employers but there are some good employers as well and some very good workers. Those workers have been out for over seven months, rain, shine and everything, including Covid-19, and they still have that amazing solidarity to stay the course. They deserve it. They deserve two extra weeks with their statutory redundancy, and that is the least they deserve.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-10