Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The announcement of redundancies in the tech sector is a cause for concern. I refer, for example, to the announcement on Thursday that half of Twitter’s Irish staff were being summarily dismissed via email. It has rightly been highlighted that a hard-fought right of workers - the requirement for an employer to notify the Government of such actions - has not been adhered to.

I am aware, as the Minister mentioned, that the Tánaiste is to meet with Enterprise Ireland, EI, and the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, in relation to the matter shortly.

What is the point of having law on the Statue Book if it is not being adhered to? Can the Minister commit to ensuring that employment law is adhered to, that workers are afforded the dignity of a proper notice of termination and that provisions of Irish law that permit prosecutions and fines to be imposed on such a company be seriously looked at to ensure that such rogue behaviour that I believe has taken place will not be tolerated?

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