456 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Labour Court recommendation of 29 January 2001, which expressed concern that a small category of employees of the State employed at Irish embassies abroad have no mechanism for pursuing grievances as they are excluded from the terms of the Civil Service conciliation and arbitration scheme and are not regarded as workers within the meaning of section 23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990; if his attention has been drawn to his predecessor’s statement on 22 March 2001 that his Department was anxious to give effect to the court’s recommendation and was actively examining, in consultation with his colleagues in the Department of Finance, methods by which an appropriate mechanism could be put in place, and a similar statement by the Department of Foreign Affairs on 11 February 2004 in reply to Question No. 178 that the mechanism was expected to be in place well before the end of that year; if this promised mechanism will be put in place before the end of 2005. [29193/05]

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456 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Labour Court recommendation of 29 January 2001, which expressed concern that a small category of employees of the State employed at Irish embassies abroad have no mechanism for pursuing grievances as they are excluded from the terms of the Civil Service conciliation and arbitration scheme and are not regarded as workers within the meaning of section 23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990; if his attention has been drawn to his predecessor’s statement on 22 March 2001 that his Department was anxious to give effect to the court’s recommendation and was actively examining, in consultation with his colleagues in the Department of Finance, methods by which an appropriate mechanism could be put in place, and a similar statement by the Department of Foreign Affairs on 11 February 2004 in reply to Question No. 178 that the mechanism was expected to be in place well before the end of that year; if this promised mechanism will be put in place before the end of 2005. [29193/05]

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