With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 3 together.
As I stated in the Dáil debate on 5 April, I had indicated to the Irish Post Office Engineering Union on 31 March that I would be happy to meet the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for any necessary clarification of the proposals put forward and strongly recommended by the Congress last month for ending the industrial action. The union executive contacted the executive council of congress recently in regard to the proposals and the Minister for Labour and I are having discussions with congress representatives on the matter at present.