438 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over the past seven years, more than €1.3 million in unpaid wages for the crews of foreign registered commercial cargo vessels trading into Irish ports has been recovered by the Irish Inspectorate of the International Transport Workers Federation working in tandem with SIPTU; and the steps he will take to publicly acknowledge that there is a problem of unpaid wages for many seafarers on vessels trading into Irish seaports and identify practical steps within the constraints of current legislation or regulations that he can and is willing to take to help the Irish ITF inspectorate/SIPTU in their day-to-day tackling of this problem. [22970/08]

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438 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over the past seven years, more than €1.3 million in unpaid wages for the crews of foreign registered commercial cargo vessels trading into Irish ports has been recovered by the Irish Inspectorate of the International Transport Workers Federation working in tandem with SIPTU; and the steps he will take to publicly acknowledge that there is a problem of unpaid wages for many seafarers on vessels trading into Irish seaports and identify practical steps within the constraints of current legislation or regulations that he can and is willing to take to help the Irish ITF inspectorate/SIPTU in their day-to-day tackling of this problem. [22970/08]

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