Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2007
119 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of industrial disputes that resulted in strike action in 2006 that related directly to his Department or its agencies; the number of working days lost to strike action in his Department and its agencies in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8332/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere was no industrial action in my Department or its agencies except for that in FÁS.
A number of work stoppages were undertaken by SIPTU members in FÁS in relation to the inclusion of a relocation clause in promotion contracts in the context of the decentralisation of FÁS Head Office to Birr. These included two 2 hour stoppages, one 4 hour stoppage and one full day stoppage. The total number of working days lost was approximately 456.
