Limerick East): IMPACT, on behalf of Environmental Health Officers, withdrew from negotiations which were being pursued under Clause 2 (iii) — Annex 1 of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work and pursued industrial action in the form of a “work-to-rule” with effect from 15 January 1996.
Efforts to resolve the impasse continued on an informal basis culminating in a formal meeting under the auspices of the Local Government Staff Negotiations Board on 25 June 1996. On Wednesday, 26 June, I met with IMPACT and a delegation of Environmental Health Officers to explore whether the provision of the joint Government/ICTU statement of 15 May 1996 could usefully be applied to resolving the current impasse in the negotiations.