Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have an interest in what has happened with Arcadia and the provisional liquidators that have been appointed because almost 50 workers in Mayo have been affected. I, too, am asking for the Government to do everything it can to facilitate the saving of those jobs. That is imperative. These workers are all going in over the Christmas period to work really hard, but the uncertainty is causing them such anxiety and worry because they have lives and many of them have mortgages. I ask that the Government do everything it can. In the event of redundancy, it is crucial that the collective agreements that have been made be stood over in respect of the redundancy that has been offered and that is the entitlement of these workers. We do not want another Debenhams-type situation, as my colleague, Deputy O'Reilly, noted.

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