Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

The Tánaiste said the payment of a statutory redundancy lump sum was a legal requirement of employers. It cannot be imposed retrospectively. As I said to her, where does one draw the line in regard to this matter? While the date of 28 November affects the employees in Castlecomer, there are employees in Roscommon and elsewhere who have also been made redundant over the past year or so who will not qualify under the Bill. Do we make fish of one and flesh of the other? Where do we draw the line?