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"Mr President, I would like to use this short speech to call for the immediate reactivation of the Ferries Directive, which was allowed to lapse after the Council of Ministers failed to agree on its implementation. I believe that Ireland was one of a number of countries who opposed the directive after it passed through Parliament in 1999 on the grounds that it might make ferry services to peripheral regions uneconomic to run. The short-sighted and narrow economic outlook of the Irish Government, which disregarded workers’ rights and entitlements in favour of maximising profits has led to a situation in which 543 workers on Irish Ferries face redundancy and replacement by workers earning less than 50% of the Irish minimum wage. Their only alternative is to remain working with Irish Ferries and earn approximately 50% of their current salary.
That is totally unacceptable. If the Ferries Directive were in place, it would have prevented this situation. If European citizens are to support the EU, they must be assured that the EU will deliver for them and their families. The reactivation of the Ferries Directive, whereby ferry workers would have the same working conditions irrespective of their nationality, would be a step in the right direction."@en1
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