Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We want to express our full solidarity and support for the workers in Iceland in Coolock who have gone in this morning and occupied their store. The Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, met with Naeem Maniar, the new owner of the Iceland chain of stores in this country, which employs 344 people. We are now seeing a pick-off effect with stores being closed. As it happens, staff in the two stores on the north side, in the Northside Shopping Centre and Coolock, went on strike recently to try to secure moneys and wages that were owed to them by this individual. He then went on to say to them:

I'm not your employer. Just to clarify – you're employed by the company Iceland Stores Ireland Limited. So just be very clear I am not your employer, okay.

The office of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, met with this individual recently.

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