Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss an issue of urgent importance, namely, the serious and persistently high unemployment levels in excess of 20% in the town of Carrick-on-Suir, where 890 of the town's population of 5,000 are unemployed, the exacerbation of that situation by the closure of SRAM Ireland with the loss of a further 53 jobs. I ask the Minister to instruct the industrial promotion agencies to prioritise Carrick-on-Suir for job creation and investment, to establish a jobs task force for the town, to outline the number of site visits by the industrial promotion agencies to the town in the last six months and to make a statement on the matter.

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