Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

Since the retailer Iceland in February sold its 27 stores to Project Point Technologies, a company directed by Naeem Maniar and with an address at 5 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, County Dublin, the workers in Iceland have experienced wage theft and deplorable conditions. As Deputy Cian O'Callaghan stated, the temperature in some stores was very high. The matter was raised in the Chamber a number of times, including by Deputies O'Reilly and Bríd Smith and possibly by Deputy O'Callaghan. I raised it two weeks ago during questions on policy or legislation. The Government was aware of the issue. The Minister of State was supposed to have a meeting with the company. Did that meeting happen? How long has he been aware that the situation in the store could come to this point? On 19 May, workers in Coolock downed tools and took strike action to raise the issue. That store is now among those that have been closed. There is a question mark over why that is happening. Metron, the company that was also represented by Iceland before Iceland England took over, is now the one that is insolvent and in debt for €37 million. I want to know more about that background.

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