Kevin Foley, the current chair of the Labor Court, has agreed to mediate in a dispute involving Debenham and its staff.

This was confirmed by Michelle Martin and tennis leo Varadkar in Tao Tonight.

The Government requests every year to make every effort to resolve this dispute.

Earlier, Secretary of State Damien English said there was no evidence to suggest that the implementation of the 2016 Duffy-Cahill Expert Group report on the closure of Clarice would help the 1,000 former Debenhams Ireland workers who lost their jobs last April.

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.

Damien English, Minister of State for Enterprise Trade and Employment, addressed the Oriyachas Committee today.

He told the Enterprise Trade and Employment Committee that the Duffy-Cahill report had a narrow focus based on the circumstances under which assets were segregated.

He noted that the writers’ senior councilor, Nisa Cahill, and former Labor Court chairman Kevin Duffy had not established a relationship with Debenhams.

The minister said he did not find any evidence to support the claim that the implementation of the report would address the difficulties faced by former Debenhams employees.

“Only in this case can the state legally intervene in connection with the settlement of Debenhams, which is a private matter, with a private company,” English said.

“My heart goes out to all my workers and I have interacted with them and met with them. It is important for the state to take action for its responsibilities and it has done so, ”the minister said.

He confirmed that his department had begun a process to examine the situation, which is expected to end next month.

Issues examining the financial status of the company, their rights as debtors, the transfer of assets, the duration of consultations and the access of employees to information on the treatment of collective bargaining agreements.

The department is also considering setting up a stand-alone fund to handle ex gratia redundancy payments, but the minister pointed out the issues to be mocked, including who should pay or claim from it.

However, Mr. English warned that there were no quick and easy solutions.

He highlighted a variety of repetitions in different corporate contexts: “Some repetitions are done to secure the company’s survival, while others, unfortunately, occur when the company closes its doors.”

He told the committee that the department’s legal advice was that it could not guarantee that the new legislation would be a precedent review to help Debenhams workers.

Speaking on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, RISE TD Paul Murphy and Sinn Fein accused Duffy-Cahill of not immediately showing the minister and the government in implementing the recommendations.

Debenhams went on liquidation in Ireland in March, after which workers in the Mandate Trade Union picketed its 11 stores, and liquidators prevented KPMG from overstocking.

They argue that in addition to the legal minimum of $ 600 per week for more than two weeks, the stock’s earnings should be ring-fenced for four weeks of recurring terms per year of service provided in the 2016 collective agreement.

However, liquidators KPMG’s Andrew O’Leary and Kieran Wallace argue that workers are only legally entitled to repurchase and that priority debtors, such as revenue commissioners, should be given priority in liquidation earnings.

They also warned that liquidation would run out before Christmas due to the inability to remove stock from stores, adding that this would leave all debtors with little or nothing.