Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Is there a risk that, if such a fund were to exist in Ireland and were to be used in a similar way as it is used in France, it would become a kind of "Get out of jail free" card for companies, employers and people who find themselves in insolvency situations as they would know that there is fallback position in which the State and the taxpayer would pick up the tab?