Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
Redundancy Payments Bill 2003: Second Stage.
I also agree with Senator White's remarks in relation to the Irish Glass factory in Dublin and the predicament in which workers there find themselves. I have never had the experience of losing a job and I hope I never do. It is a stressful time for all concerned. Commitments entered into following that stressful period should be honoured. For the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, as deputy leader of the Government, to give an understanding at a meeting and then to renege on it is completely wrong and unjustifiable. I stand four-square behind the workers in Castlecomer who feel aggrieved that their legitimate claims are to be ignored.
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