Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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I thank all the speakers and particularly acknowledge the powerful personal testimony of Padraig Hannafin. I welcome this discussion. I was struck by the comprehensive nature of the Rehab presentation. Ms McDonnell said: "It is now time to address this critical human rights issue and hold our heads high, along with our European counterparts.” I could not agree more with that point, which makes it all the more difficult to raise testimonies that are not so positive. I have been contacted by 38 employees let go two years ago by Rehab who, unfortunately, have to date been denied their redundancy entitlement, even in the face of a Labour Court recommendation after an independent financial analysis which decided the Rehab Group has the financial options to meet this claim.