www.nuigalway.ie/cisc CISC Working Paper No.9 October 2003 REGULATING FOR CHANGE IN IRELAND: THE EUROPEAN EMPLOYEE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION DIRECTIVE Tony Dundon 1 Deirdre Curran 2 Maureen Maloney 3 Paul Ryan 4 1 Centre for Innovation & Structural Change, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Tony.dundon@nuigalway.ie 2 Centre for Innovation & Structural Change, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Deirdre.curran@nuigalway.ie 3 Management Department, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Maureen.Maloney@nuigalway.ie 4 Centre for Innovation & Structural Change, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Paul.a.ryan@nuigalway.ie