I have just come from a very lively protest at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. This protest was called by shop workers who are protesting against the imposition of car-parking charges for staff. These charges will be up to €600 per year. The staff feel aggrieved about this, given all of their hours and years of hard work at the shopping centre.

To add insult to injury, yesterday Liffey Valley Shopping Centre announced that customers will be free for one month if they register their details, yet the staff who make all the profits for the shopping centre are charged €2.50 and more per day. Does the Taoiseach think this is fair in light of the National Transport Authority's proposal that it would have walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure in place, yet it has not? It is months away. It is an absolute disgrace that during a cost-of-living crisis, workers are paying to go to work.

I find it difficult to comprehend in the sense that most employers I meet at the moment are trying to make the situations and conditions attractive to employees. All employers are saying they are finding it difficult to recruit people. Therefore, having an imposition on employees going to work is a difficult one to comprehend. In the first instance, that is an issue between the shopping centre and its employees and the unions that represent them. I presume there are unions in most shopping centres. There are unions there.

Yes, there are.

These are issues that should be resolved through the normal partnership arrangements that take place.

Perhaps the Taoiseach could have a word.