Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude on this point, out of respect for the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's appeal. The workers have been hemmed in by the Covid restrictions. There would have been many more people on mass pickets if it were not for the Covid restrictions. It is shameful for Revenue to state, as it has in the past week, that it will not surrender one penny from the redundancy pot and for the Department of Social Protection to state it will not surrender one penny for the redundancy pot, with the result that the workers do not get a penny on top of the statutory redundancy. The Taoiseach and the Government will not just walk away without what has gone on being exposed.

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