Dáil debates
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32
10:30 am
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter concerning self-employed persons when companies go into liquidation. I refer to what happened to Pierse Construction in recent days where more than 1,600 sub-contractors were left penniless and their employees do not know what will happen. Most of these people have families and there are sad stories behind them. They are small business people who were left high and dry. Major companies may have traded recklessly in the past. It is happening more often now and something must be done by way of legislation in this House to deal with this problem that has had such an effect to date and will have such an impact in the forthcoming years.
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