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 is where my interest is, that is, whether they can do it without legal representation. Unfortunately and Ms Breathnach has seen this herself, where she or I might say that is handy enough, it is a form and we can log on and fly through it, I would not like to think any person might say to another - and we all know the incidents I am referring to - that they do not need to have legal representation but would be better off having it and that slices off what might be a very small amount of money but is probably a lot to that person. The more easily accessible and plain the language is the better. While there is going to be a communication strategy, that is essential as we want people to be able to access this. I am pretty sure I know the answer to this next question but I will ask it to be on the safe side. Does this cover only the statutory entitlements and not anything the employee or worker might have by way of a collective agreement or enhanced redundancy payments or anything like that?
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