Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is nearly six weeks since the overnight take-out of Clerys by corporate interests that had no concern for those working and doing business in the store. I want to discuss with the Minister of State where we go from here. First, I want him to give an update on his work for the workers, the 134 Clerys' staff and the 330 concession holders' staff. Second, I want to tease out some of the issues raised in his report, particularly on section 224 of the Companies Act which provides that directors must have regard to the interests of the employees. It is very clear that on this occasion the interests of the employees were far down anybody's list of interests and the Minister of State needs to show how the Government will avoid this ever happening again.

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