Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Impact of the Withdrawal of Covid-19 Measures on Business: Discussion
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I thank Mr. Hughes. I have one question for Mr. McDonnell. As we know, the IDA has rolled out a welcome mat for Amazon. What I hear about Amazon is the undermining of local businesses, bogus self-employment and mistreatment of workers, and these are things associated with these types of companies. Does Mr. McDonnell think the IDA should be rolling out the welcome mat for these companies? My last question related to a fundamental shift that is required in industrial policy that people just do not seem to be talking about. In terms of where the focus is going to be, what is sustainable and how we build a strong domestic economy, does Mr. McDonnell see the advent of Amazon on these shores as contributing positively or negatively to that?
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