Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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I must start by expressing my genuine disappointment at the Minister of State's statement because he does not say anything in it. He tells us what was in the Duffy Cahill report and that he is reviewing things - a nice long list - and we are no further along and are no wiser about what he is actually going to do in the teeth of a crisis. He said something very strange a few minutes ago. He said that in respect of the Duffy Cahill report, it was a very specific situation. No, it was not. I can tell him that Deputy Quinlivan and I were standing with the HMV workers ten years. I can talk to the Minister of State about Clerys but also about Connolly Shoes, La Senza and TalkTalk. There has been a litany of these cases in the past.

What is more important now is that according to a liquidator just a couple of weeks ago on RTÉ, we are heading into between 1,000 and 2,000 further liquidations next year because of the very grave situation we are in. That is why I am absolutely flabbergasted - and I am not speaking personally, the Minister of State knows that - that this Department has been completely failing workers for years now and I instanced all of those situations. A couple of minutes ago, the Minister of State said of the Duffy Cahill report that its work was taken on board. How was it taken on board?