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Iceland workers unpaid

Summary

Louise O'Reilly raised concerns that workers at Iceland had not been paid correctly after the company was sold and that the business appeared to be struggling. The Taoiseach said his office and the Minister of State's office would look into the matter and contact the company.

Over recent weeks, I have been contacted by staff who work for the company Iceland. It appears that in January, the company was sold to the Project Point Technologies company. Workers were told at the time that it would be a standard transfer of undertakings and that they had nothing to worry about. In recent weeks, however, many have not been paid and some have been paid incorrect amounts. I have tried to make contact with the new owner without success. There are 450 workers. They see that stock is low in stores and the company does not appear to be trading in the way it had been. They are fearful for their jobs and future. I ask the Taoiseach to use his office to intervene to try to get the new owner to at least talk to the workforce and let them know what is happening. We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. As the Taoiseach knows, these people need their wages and many have not been receiving them.

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Leo Varadkar The Taoiseach Fine Gael

Between my office and the office of the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, we will certainly look into that. The Deputy may have given the Minister of State the details already. If she has not, if she passes them on to both of us, we will try to make contact with the company.

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