I raise the issue of the Fastway workers. There is a large section in the programme for Government regarding enterprise and employment. The Fastway workers have been caught in an awful mess and treated disgracefully. One of the main depots is in Portarlington. Hundreds of workers and contract drivers are affected. Some workers who are owed wages got no warning whatsoever and cannot apply for a job because they are not officially redundant yet. They had no notice or have no opportunity to sign on. They cannot sign on for social welfare for another three weeks. They have no income. Some self-employed contractors are owed payments going back six, seven or eight weeks. Some of these workers bought vans, bought a franchise - in other words, they bought an area for delivery - from Fastway. There are also undelivered parcels in the system. There are three casualties - the workers, the contractors and the customers waiting for parcels caught in the system.

Sentiment score: -0.14

Fastway had tangible assets of €5.2 million at the end of 2024 and €28 million, also at the end of 2024, in intangible assets.

Sentiment score: 0.34

It had €10.6 million in cash.

Sentiment score: 0.00