Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Six employees in Cork are being badly treated by the company in question. This is an example of a company abusing or undermining employment rights law by exploiting the weaknesses in it. Deputy Tóibín is quite right; there comes a point where people can shirk their responsibility by splitting up a company by divesting part of it into the assets and the remainder with the current management. This is a matter to which it would be worth giving consideration. I urge the Minister of State to examine what I and other Deputies have to say on this issue. Action must be taken because it is disgraceful that six people may be obliged to be involved in a sit-in on the relevant company's premises over Christmas.

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