Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024
9:30 am
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That goes towards my next question. Ms Breathnach referenced the need to make the scheme operational for workers. I know that work is not finished and I am not looking for a run-down on that. In engaging in the process, will it be the case that a worker will need legal representation or is it the intention that once it is done, it will be easy and accessible? Will it work through a website? How is it envisaged? I am not looking for chapter and verse but as Ms Breathnach says, it is intricate and complicated and the last thing we want is people who have an entitlement looking at the process thinking they would rather not as they need it but cannot engage with it. If Ms Breathnach could flesh that out for us it would be excellent.
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