James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I raise a question concerning companies that made good profits here during the years, that drew down substantial grants from State, that are now relocating elsewhere because of high business costs, taxes and levies imposed by the Government over many years and are effectively throwing their workers on the scrap heap. What action is the Government taking to fight for proper redundancy packages for those workers and to ensure those companies contribute towards the retraining of those workers? The behaviour of such companies is deplorable. They have a duty to contribute to retraining programmes for those workers.

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