I wish to raise the case of workers employed by Rehab Enterprises in SMILES Newsagents. There are approximately 21 such workers, many of whom have disabilities. They have been put on notice that they will be made redundant. The company is refusing to share financial information, which is essential in this case. It is also refusing to engage meaningfully with the trade union. An established and agreed redundancy package of two weeks' statutory pay plus an ex gratia payment of four weeks is in place, but the company is refusing to honour it.

The workers in question have disabilities and are being laid off in the middle of a pandemic. They are the group that is least likely to be able to find employment post this pandemic. Will the Tánaiste join me in calling on Rehab Enterprises to publish the financial information, engage with the union meaningfully, defer the redundancies until such time as that engagement has taken place-----

I thank the Deputy.

-----and honour the collective agreement? I remind the Tánaiste that we often discuss the Debenhams workers-----

Please, Deputy. The time is up.

-----and the opportunity that was missed to honour the collective agreement in their case. Will the Tánaiste call on Rehab Enterprises to honour its agreement and engage meaningfully? I remind him that many of these workers have disabilities.

I am not familiar with the details of the dispute, but I am sorry to hear that people, in particular individuals with disabilities, are being laid off, given the difficulty they often have in finding work. Although I am not familiar with the dispute's details, I would encourage Rehab Enterprises to engage with the union, which would be the right thing to do, and honour any collective agreement that has been made provided, of course, the company can afford to do so.