Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion

Ms Maeve McElwee:

I have an opinion that it is very regrettable that the insolvency came about. As the Senator knows, Mr. Light already said that Debenhams was for many years restructuring and making considerable efforts along with its staff to deal with the challenges in the retail environment in Ireland. We knew for a long time that there were challenges in that business. In terms of what injustice occurred, I am not aware of any specific injustice but it is very regrettable.