Minister Michael Martin
Dept. of Enterprise,
Trade and Employment
Kildare Street , Dublin 2
10 th October 2005

Dear Minister Martin,

I wish to inform you that Global Mobile Vision (GMV) has been forced to cease operating in Ireland. GMV has been subjected to a nasty and vicious campaign where particular individuals’ were intent on the harassment and destruction of GMV. On your watch you let “commies” infiltrate government bodies to destroy the entrepreneurial spirit of Irish people and their investments in Irish employees.

GMV was subjected to a professionally orchestrated campaign of “mobbing” with innuendo and false claims where numerous allegations were made. The allegers then disperse but by the time the investigation has concluded GMV will have exploded into millions of fragments that are impossible to bring back together. Government bodies under your remit were misused and abused by these professional agitators to ensure the destruction of GMV.

SIPTU furnished GMV with the letter sent by six former employees on 25 th May 2005 to you Minister. Why did nobody from your department contact GMV with these allegations? The letter is signed by 5 trainees, an obviously a very disgruntled six month contractor:

Stephen O’Raw trainee, let go 17 th May 2005, never complained to any Govt. body

Des McGouran trainee, let go 17 th May 2005, complained to LRC

Andrew Delaney trainee, resigned, 9 th May 2005, complained but never turned up to LRC

David Howe 6 month contract expired, 10 th March 2005, never complained.

Paul Cunniffe trainee, let go, 23 rd May 2005, complained but never turned up to LRC

Kevin Broderick trainee, let go 23 rd May 2005, never complained to any Govt. body

These individuals were let go in mid May 2005 and they were not due to get paid till the beginning of June 2005. Contacting the Taoiseach and other Government bodies 5 days before their pay was due, their actions could not be considered reasonable. These individuals through the guidance of John Bates initiated the campaign against GMV, where are they today? Can your department hold them responsible for this mendacious whistle blowing? Minister per Article 40.3.2 of the Irish Constitution, the personal rights of the employer must also be protected from unsubstantiated attack, but why did your department not intervene?

Is there not something amiss when the Minister of State for Labour Affairs, Deputy Tony Killeen, in his letter dated 25 th June 2005 promised a reply to our letter, to date we have received no reply despite contacting his department and verifying his intention to reply. (Ref: 050339/MLA). Furthermore Deputy Killeen inadequately answered Deputy Finian McGrath’s questions 641, 645 and 656, on the 28 th September 2005 , considering the actual responses we have received from the relevant government bodies. Deputy Killeen finishes his answer with “Every effort is being made to address the employees’ concerns”. These people have obviously bullied the Minister for State to believe that GMV is in the wrong and these employees are the victims. Deputy Killeen is correct in his assumption that GMV has closed, he must realise that GMV could not sustain the level of hatred and the incitement to hatred that was imposed on it. His comment regarding the principals of GMV “the principals involved may no longer be within the jurisdiction of the State”. This misinformation is encouraging a racial witch hunt, when the Principals that are still in the jurisdiction of Ireland.

For the record here is a factual account.

• Mr John Bates made spurious complaints to the Equality Authority that could not be investigated and the case is now closed. The other complaint is made by people owed money and they never made any complaint through GMV’s grievance procedure and only lodged their complaints after meeting with Mr Bates on the 23 rd June 2005. Four months later they seem to have dispersed or lost interest in their allegations.

• The Labour Inspectorate inspected the payslips and Human Resource records. Helene McInnerney carried out an inspection on June 22 nd 2005. Helene was happy with her findings but was sent back to get more reports. When she returned for more reports the landlord had decided to illegally lock employees out of the premises and prevented the employees from continuing in business. Helene was informed of this and she recently appeared at the LRC to get access to the other reports she required. The landlord has to date refused us access to retrieve our properties.

• We have been to almost 30 Labour Relations Commission hearings, at least 12 of the cases are not applicable and obviously misinformed by Mr Bates, 5 complainants didn’t turn up, we didn’t contest 5 cases as some employees unfortunately got caught up in this, and we expect an equitable response to the others.

GMV has forward our employment policies and procedures to the relevant agencies, and still four months since these allegations were first raised in the Dáil by extremist politicians we have not been fairly represented by any political process.

Where is the due process? GMV was found guilt without any due process, without being consulted or asked what our response was, where are GMV’s rights? Does your department in its remit for fostering enterprise and employment in Ireland protect business from these incomprehensible destructive forces? It was brought to your department’s attention these destructive forces were undertaking a documented strategic campaign to mob and then bomb GMV using a mob tactics to cause mayhem and then disperse. Four months later this is where we are at, trying to pickup the remnants of their destruction. I enclose that said document from June 13 th 2005.

Victims they are not, their campaign has been a success in throwing allegations and destroying the investments that GMV had to bring to Ireland. These disgruntled employees have made up “cock and bull” stories it up as they went along. These disgruntled trainees contacted the media, Key Suppliers, Creditors, Clients and Investors to ensure that the business ecosystem was attacked from the inside. These destroyers set up a blog site to communicate and incite hatred, with links to Marxism and the alternative media of the Internet. GMV is the victim having spent approx. $10 million USD and has been served a great injustice, Minister what about GMV and the monies invested, the incessant twenty hours of work a day and all of the other efforts expended and sacrifices made to create opportunities, employment and tax revenues for Ireland.

GMV is alarmed at the chronology of events, from the information provided to GMV it seems the “cart was before the ass”. From the complaints forwarded by government agencies to GMV, the only formal written complaints received by Government agencies were not signed by any of the complainants until the 23 rd of June 2005, and then not received till the 28 th of June 2005. But look what the cart had done before the ass arrived.

• Twenty five days ( 3 rd June 2005) after John Bates had sent an invite by SMS to select employees to bring their friends and family to meet with Joe Higgins T.D at The Earl of Kildare Hotel, also present were Finian McGrath TD and certain sections of the Media. Coincidentally, Joe Higgins had a favourable profile after the Gama incident by these same reporters that day in the Village Magazine, (Village magazine 3 rd - 9 th September).

• Seventeen days after Deputy McGrath’s and Higgins called a most unusual Press Conference, ( 11 th June 2005), where Deputy McGrath had announced and concluded his investigation without having the common decency to contact GMV. All this without Dáil privilege. After this press conference Deputy McGrath issued a most libellous press release, we are seeking our recourse for these comments.

• “This is a story of bullying, non payment of wages, sexual harassment and intimidation,”

• “There are a series of questions to be asked here about the company and the actions of management. There is also the whole question of fear – the workers were not even allowed to talk to each other during an eight hour shift,”

• “One former employee, originally from India, revealed how the company refused to pay his wages leaving him with a mountain of debt.
  He has since left the company and returned to his homeland unable to pay his bills.” As there was only one Indian Employee, this employee formal complaint against GMV was for non payment of Holiday Pay, in his submission to the LRC he calculated this at €477. At the LRC hearing it was confirmed that the employee got paid for the full month when had left 5 days before the end of the month, and this equated to his holiday pay.

• Fifteen days after Deputy McGrath and Deputy Higgins three questions requiring written replies from your department concern allegations of GMV receiving grants.

• Thirteen days after the Táiniste’s response to Deputy Higgins question, (15 th June 2005), whereby Deputy Higgins raised atrocious allegations against GMV and in the same question raised awful allegations against GEC, which over a day were proven to be wrong, is it just that GEC are so big and have such political clout that they get an almost instant reprieve.

• Twelve days after Deputy Mc Grath’s adjournment debate, ( 16 th June 2005). Where GMV’s only protection was the Ceann Comhairle. Who had learnt from the Joe Higgins Gama experience?

• Eleven days after the labour inspectorate, Helene Mc Innerney, arrived at GMV office to inform of her intention to undertake an investigation in 3 weeks time, this was subsequently changed under the instruction of her manager to Wednesday 22 nd June 2005.

• Six days before any formal written complaints were received. Helene conducted her investigation. Helene said she expected us to pass, but has since come back looking for more information that we presently do not have access to.

GMV is a company that tried to make a go of it in Ireland and found itself caught up in the Political Propaganda of Deputies Higgins and McGrath abusing their positions of power to further their own manifesto. Why has GMV being dragged into Politics, GMV is about business not politics, GMV has not broken the law. Obviously Ireland is in a Political crisis, the Extreme European socialist political model is overtaking and with the emergence of Sinn Fein, there are rough times ahead for inward investment. Where does Ireland’s political future really lie, presently extreme Marxism has taken a strong hold in the Republic of Ireland, Shell, GEC, Intel, Coca Cola, GMV, Microsoft all have encountered worrying experiences. Minister how can you let this happen under your watch? Tear down these extremist’s walls that are giving these Marxists the power to manipulate and destroy the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Ireland. Employees of GMV and others have seen what GMV has been subjected to and have remarked, based on the experiences of GMV they would not start a business in Ireland, how can employees be so disgruntled and so nasty? They have cost Ireland a lot of jobs, tax revenues and the opportunity of putting Ireland at the forefront of The Digital Hub map of the world. They have destroyed any opportunity for GMV in Ireland with their blatant abuse of power and wanton destruction of a progressive start-up business.

During the course of our background check we have information that Mr John Bates, PPS no. XXX has been a Social Welfare Recipient for the past six years, one year while still at College and the rest of the time when he was being employed by various State Grant Recipient Organisations, (Trinity College Dublin (TCD), and Colaiste Dhulaigh). How can a person who has collected the dole for six years and allegedly lectured in TCD cause such harassment and destruction?

Legal proceeding have now commenced by Lavelle & Coleman Solicitors against Mr Bates and others for libel, defamation, and sabotage of the business. The Gardai are investigating Mr Bates and others for inciting hatred and racial abuse. This is our only recourse as there is no state protection to ensure a due process is followed before allegations are aired in public by extremist politicians.

Minister enclosed are some emails from former employees to give you an idea of what was really going on during the difficult days of June 2005. These good people have lost their jobs, their aspirations and GMV’s ability to continue to resource them. Sure they were there, they knew what was happening and understood what these maligners were intent on with their vicious campaign.

Ireland certainly isn’t the country of a thousand welcomes. GMV was completely let down by the State and its enforcement bodies. As a significant job creator, a tax contributor, and an enterprising business where was the states protection from political bullying by anti-enterprise job destroyers? These thugs have been allowed to get away with their hatred. Deputy Killeen’s reply to Deputy McGrath confirms that nothing will be done to bring these destroyers and character assassins to justice. As minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment we call on you to stand up against these destroyers and bring some integrity and backbone back into politics in Ireland.

We are presently compiling other factual report and will forward once compiled.

Yours sincerely,

Global Mobile Vision.