PQ 209
209. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at reports that an airline (details supplied) plans to use its Irish subsidiary to allow it to skirt Norway's employment laws, eroding wages and disrupting work practices; his views on assertions that the airline created this subsidiary specifically to circumvent Norwegian employment law and to allow it to source long-haul crews from South-East Asia on lower wages; if he will withdraw the support of the Irish authorities for the application by the company to the department of transport of the United States of America for a foreign carrier permit, which was offered, in writing, by a former Minister on 13 February 2014 (details supplied); how he will ensure that Ireland is not used by this airline to drive down wages and conditions for airline staff. [11021/16]
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209. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at reports that an airline (details supplied) plans to use its Irish subsidiary to allow it to skirt Norway's employment laws, eroding wages and disrupting work practices; his views on assertions that the airline created this subsidiary specifically to circumvent Norwegian employment law and to allow it to source long-haul crews from South-East Asia on lower wages; if he will withdraw the support of the Irish authorities for the application by the company to the department of transport of the United States of America for a foreign carrier permit, which was offered, in writing, by a former Minister on 13 February 2014 (details supplied); how he will ensure that Ireland is not used by this airline to drive down wages and conditions for airline staff. [11021/16]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-19/209/
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