13 Deputy Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by SIPTU that the treatment of some foreign workers employed as domestic workers amounts to forced slavery and that the union is taking three cases per month on behalf of foreign domestic workers to the Labour Court; his views on this development; if he is satisfied that adequate safeguards are in place to protect such vulnerable workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16556/08]

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13 Deputy Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by SIPTU that the treatment of some foreign workers employed as domestic workers amounts to forced slavery and that the union is taking three cases per month on behalf of foreign domestic workers to the Labour Court; his views on this development; if he is satisfied that adequate safeguards are in place to protect such vulnerable workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16556/08]

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