A total of 31 Deputies have indicated they wish to ask questions, including eight carried forward from yesterday.

We are all agreed that the manner in which the Debenhams workers have been treated by their former employer is a shame and a disgrace. This week, Members from across the House, including ourselves in Sinn Féin, Solidarity - People Before Profit, the Labour Party, the Social Democrats, the Independent Group, the Rural Independent Group and others have come together to call on the Government to intervene. We agree that the actions of KPMG are wrong. When workers in this country go looking for their rights, they should not be taken to court and there is now a need for an urgent intervention from the Taoiseach because a resolution to this dispute is possible. The High Court has recognised the scope for engagement between KPMG and workers to this end. Yesterday, the Taoiseach said he was willing to convene a meeting between KPMG and the workers' representatives. I would like him to state today when he will convene that meeting.

Notwithstanding other issues, I have been engaged with, and in regular contact with, workers. On Debenhams, I am concerned about the situation and would like to have it resolved without any further pressures on the workers, given that they have been picketing for quite a long time in trying conditions and in adverse weather. There have been constraints on the degree to which the Government can interfere in a liquidation process and, indeed, in a legal process. That said, the Tánaiste and the Ministers of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputies English and Troy, have been endeavouring to see what can be done. I have also sought, in the widest sense, to see if avenues could be pursued that could lead to a resolution of this. I know Mandate has been working hard on this and, to be fair, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, has also maintained a watchful and helpful engagement on this to see if there are ways we can resolve this. At this stage, I would prefer to leave it at that. I ask the Deputy for space to see if we can get this resolved.