Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the plight of workers who face their livelihoods being taken away from them. I draw the Minister's attention to a report from Mr. Donal MacNamee in The Business Poston Sunday about plans to lay off 225 workers from the Irish offices of Indeed, the online recruitment platform. We understand that as many as 640 jobs at Indeed are likely to be affected by the global cuts being made. That will be approximately half of their Irish workforce.

Indeed's offices are in my constituency of Dublin Bay South in St. Stephen's Green. I understand the proposed severance package being offered to the affected workers is significantly lower than those which have been offered to other big tech firms in recent months. Indeed has been making record profits recently. The Financial Services Union has rightly criticised management at Indeed, which appears to be pre-emptively cutting short the required consultation process.

What representations, if any, has the Minister made to management at Indeed? Can he give assurances to the workers affected, who are going to be hearing very shortly about these dreadful job losses, that the Government will offer them contingencies and support?

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