Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A tangential issue has arisen recently, where, for example, company A would employ a number of staff on a particular wage and then company B would be formed, with roughly the same directors and owners as company A, employing staff at a far lower rate. Then company A would make its staff redundant. Through this example, I want to bring to the attention of the Minister of State a system whereby people are effectively using company law to constructively dismiss their staff from one company. This is legal currently, but I suggest the Minister of State should examine the situation. I am not sure this is the right place to deal with it. I imagine it is something that could be used when dealing with non-EEA residents.