Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The Minister of State's reply is no comfort to the workers following the debate from the Visitors Gallery. The question even arises as to whether the Minister for Social Protection is the appropriate person to deal with the issues raised. We are looking for action rather than a reiteration of the problems. It is incumbent on the Government to take immediate action in support of these workers' just claim to have Game's owners acknowledge their years of service.

The Government certainly needs to introduce legislation to ensure proper notice of redundancy, just and adequacy redundancy payments and proper accountability for employers but this will not come in time to make a difference to the Game workers on whose behalf we are speaking.

Will the Minister of State and the Tánaiste, who is in the Chamber for this debate, use their good offices to arrange a Government intervention and offer immediate assistance to the Game employees? They will have the full support of this House if they bring forward legislation on notice periods and redundancy payments for workers but we need action now.

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