Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There is a more serious issue at stake here because from midnight tonight we go into level 5. The State needs to declare that the removal of stock from Debenhams is non-essential work that does not fall into the category of what is allowed to be taken on over the next six weeks. The only beneficiaries of the removal of this stock are KPMG itself, which may get enough money to be paid whatever big sum it gets, and the State and the Government, which is refusing to forgo their payment back to allow the workers to receive proper redundancy. The Government needs to declare that the work KPMG seems intent on carrying out in removing stock from Debenhams is not legal over the next six-week period. That needs to be said to KPMG at the very minimum.

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