Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Government has asked the company to extend the period of notice given. In the case of TalkTalk, it was completely unacceptable to give 30 days notice of the company's intention to pull out of Waterford with all of the consequences that has for the employees and the local economy. The legal requirement for notice in any event will be found to be longer than 30 days in the case of many of the employees. I discussed this matter with employees when I met them last Saturday in Waterford. Many of them have contractual entitlements to longer periods of notice.

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