Garret Ahearn (Fine Gael)
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I thank Mr. Duffy and Ms Cahill for their presentations today and for the report. I have only two questions for them as they have already answered one or two of the questions I had intended to ask.

The witnesses have proposed a statutory right for employees or their representatives to seek an injunction where a company is contemplating the removal of an asset of a significant value and they have acknowledged that an injunctive remedy already exists. I ask them to elaborate on the benefits of the statutory injunction for workers. The witnesses also stated that there is a need to include workers in matters of company restructuring, which is right and proper and everyone agrees with that, but in circumstances where a company is insolvent, with no significant asset at its disposal, what is the real benefit of a consultation period?