Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
Redundancy Payments Bill 2003: Second Stage.
I recall having a considerable number of discussions on this matter with the Minister of State's predecessor, Deputy Tom Kitt, when the Fianna Fáil manifesto was being drawn up. The manifesto stated that the statutory redundancy scheme would be comprehensively reviewed with a view to implementing key improvements. Great though the temptation was to include the term "two weeks", the latter was not actually done. Opposition Members occasionally claim that all sorts of specific promises were made which, in fact, was not the case. This is an illustration of an instance where a degree of due caution was exercised.
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