James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

The large amount of job losses in the midlands was brought home to us in recent months. Deputy Penrose referred to the loss of almost 500 jobs at Iralco. We also had the loss of 100 jobs at Nexans, 60 jobs at Kimball Electrics and the announcement that more than 20 jobs will be lost at B3 Cable in Longford, which has gone unnoticed by the media.

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