Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have one question and then must leave the meeting.

This is something that we will follow up on in a more detailed discussion. I had an engagement with Mr. Clancy recently and we will have further engagements. I am trying to understand the point at which issues around workers' rights, supporting decent jobs and so on enter the process. Perhaps Mr. Clancy might enlighten us as to the point at which Enterprise Ireland starts speaking about workers' rights, how they can be respected, how there can be decent jobs, etc. We all talk about decent jobs and how that is what we want. Luckily, most of us on this call have decent jobs, but I am speaking about people who do not. When Enterprise Ireland speaks to its clients about workers' rights, how does that work itself into Enterprise Ireland's process and conversations? Every person at this meeting is supportive of workers' rights, decent jobs and so on, but my question is on being proactive in that regard and giving practical effect to that support. We are speaking about companies that are supported by the State, which itself says that it supports decent jobs and workers' rights, however that assertion manifests. When State funding is at play, how do these sides marry together?

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