Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages.
12:30 pm
Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)
I support Senator Coghlan's amendment. On Second Stage, I asked the Minister of State to request the Minister to address the anomaly in regard to the staged closure of a particular activity, whereby some workers opted to go early while others would remain past 25 May. There is room for a special investigation to address this matter. Had the workers known that the changes would be made they might have decided other than they did. I will not refer specifically to the issue as it affects workers in Kilkenny.
Senator Mansergh referred to U-turns. I am delighted that he recognised—
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