Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Implementation of Duffy Cahill Report: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Marie SherlockMarie Sherlock (Labour)
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I thank the Minister of State his attendance. We have heard a great deal this morning I want to know what is new, in concrete terms, arising from the Minister of State's opening statement and comments. I appreciate there has been considerable discussion and consultation with stakeholders but we are at a stage where we need to understand and have a clear roadmap as to what precisely will happen now. We have the case of the Debenhams workers and, as was said earlier, thousands of redundancies are coming down the tracks next year. There is an urgency to this legislation. Two weeks ago, it was announced that the Company Law Review Group would undertake a review of the potential company law changes with respect to the insolvency and redundancy situation. Has a separate employment law review been commenced?