Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Shanahan is expressing opinions on what happened in the situation involving Debenhams. I do not have the evidence to say whether he is right or wrong. I cannot answer his question because he is making assumptions. I am not sure he has the evidence to back them up. If he has, it would be very useful to the conversation around that company. I have heard others make similar comments about assets and the movement of assets. This is what the Duffy Cahill report is about. It is about legislation. It is about those hypothetical cases involving other companies but I have not heard the report's authors say that they have made a link between their proposals and the situation involving Debenhams. I am not sure there is proof of assets being moved. The Deputy and others are saying that but-----

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