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
Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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A key thing that this Bill will do is put workers at the head of the queue when it comes to liquidation, to ensure that they get the money first. I have in mind people I met in Limerick who had over 20 years of service in Debenhams in Limerick, who had to spend 400 days on a picket line. That call seems entirely just. Would Ms McElwee support the call that workers should come first?