Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-18
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

On New Year's Day, the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, issued an absolutely damning ruling against Metropolitan Films, which is one of the biggest film producing companies, with tens of millions of euro of public money having been issued to it over the years. Awards in the region of hundreds of thousands of euro have been made to film crew workers. This ruling revealed systematic blacklisting, breaches of employment legislation and forging of employment contracts to cover up the failure to honour the workplace and employment rights of workers. What is infuriating is that for four years I, on behalf of the blacklisted film workers, have asked the Government to stamp out this abuse, which is endemic across a film industry that is receiving €100 million annually, at least. I ask the Government to stamp out this abuse and to respond to the request from the blacklisted workers to meet the relevant Ministers to discuss the implications of the case.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-18