Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of extreme importance: the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to address immediately the erosion of Ennis as an industrial base given the announcement last week that Microsemi Ireland Limited would close with the loss of 131 jobs; the need for the Minister to renew immediately an industrial investment programme for Ennis because of the lack of major investment in the town over the past 15 years and the danger of Ennis becoming a dormitory town.

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