asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if his Department will undertake a review of existing company law with a view to proposing amendments which will afford greater protection to employees of firms that decide to go into liquidation.
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Company law, including the aspect mentioned by the Deputy, is kept under continuous review by my Department. A special review is now proceeding in connection with proposals for harmonisation of the law in the members states of the European Economic Communities. Some of these proposals have a bearing on the protection of the interests of employees but it is not possible at this stage to say which of them will eventually be embodied in EEC directives.