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
Mr. David Smith:
I do not have that to hand. We have changed our policies to reflect an easier pathway for people coming through. Like every organisation, there is an appeals process. If someone is rejected initially, it can go through a process and nine times out of ten they are approved on appeal. We have moved to simplify it. Obviously, we are very conscious of taxpayer funding. We have to be conscious of the Committee of Public Accounts, audits and all of that but I think we have been very fair and we continue to do that across the country between now and the end of October. Then the next step is a policy decision for colleagues in government.