Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Over the past number of weeks, I have been contacted by staff who work for the company Iceland. It appears that in January, the company was sold to The Project Point Technologies company. Workers were told at the time that it would be a standard transfer of undertakings and that they had nothing to worry about. In recent weeks, however, many have not been paid and some have been paid incorrect amounts. I have tried to make contact with the new owner without success. There are 450 workers. They see that stock is low in stores and the company does not appear to be trading in the way it had been. They are fearful for their jobs and future. I ask the Taoiseach to use his office to intervene to try to get the new owner to at least talk to the workforce and let them know what is happening. We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. As the Taoiseach knows, these people need their wages and many have not been receiving them.

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