Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Proposed Acquisition of Celtic Media by Independent News & Media plc: Discussion

12:00 pm

Photo of Bríd SmithBríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

With respect, I will clarify what I meant in my question. I had no knowledge of the Celtic Media Group's pension scheme. Given that Mr. Mulrennan and Mr. Carey have expressed considerable concern about the future of the workforce in the group, why on earth would they trust a company such as Independent News and Media to treat the workforce with respect and diligence when it has only recently savaged the pensions of workers who made a substantial contribution to their pensions throughout their careers and will receive only a tiny proportion of what they paid for and expected to receive from their pensions? I cited that case as an example of how INM treats workers.

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