Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-07-13
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Róisín Garvey (GP), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I do not know whether it is a case of hypocrisy or whether I am just confused or what is going on because this Bill is all about helping small businesses yet Sinn Féin is again bringing up the workers' rights issue. It is such a simplistic, polarising message to put across when this Bill is everything about the workers, the employees and the small businesses. I do not know what kinds of small business owners Senator Gavan knows, but all the small business owners I know are workers. They will put their pay last, before their small group of employees. This Bill is so important to help small businesses to stay afloat and come up with a rescue plan. It is a really positive thing for the workers and the employers. They are all the one. We need to stop with this polarisation and the oversimplification that anything we do for any business of any size is for the employer and not for the poor employee. I expect a much more nuanced and much more intelligent debate in the Seanad than that kind of rhetoric.

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Sitting date: 2021-07-13