James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I offer my heartfelt sympathies to the workers and their families. Will the Minister of State put in place the necessary measures to stop the job drain from the midlands which is threatening the economic development of the area? We need a high level of intervention by the Minister of State to save those jobs. Sadly, for the workers of Longford-Westmeath this did not happen. I would like to know if the Government has done everything possible.

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