Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All works must be treated with respect and dignity and in line with our law and employment law. I made it very clear in the context of the Twitter announcement that I was not at all happy with the manner of it. Respect and dignity are very important in communication terms. There are established frameworks for communication and there are obligations on employers in proposing collective redundancies, for example, which involve fines if they fail to consult with employee representatives or provide certain information to employees when proposing a collective redundancy. There are fines covering that and the law will be enacted. In the context of Meta, our understanding is there will be full and proper consultation with employees. The same applies to Stripe. The Twitter case was a much different context.

As I said earlier, we have a strong diversity in our FDI mix in Ireland, from the life sciences to financial services and technology. Last year was a record year. This year is still a record year in terms of inward investment but our focus will be on the workers who could be getting bad news in the coming days. We will do everything we possibly can to help them.

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