Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, the possible redundancies in the Quinn Group as suggested by the administrator, which have been clearly accepted by the Government in the fact that Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation proposes to get FÁS involved in the upgrading and reskilling of some of the Quinn workforce, in spite of the fact that the highly trained and qualified workforce were often used to train FÁS personnel themselves. It is vital that this Dáil, and especially the Government, take whatever steps are necessary to safeguard the 3,000 jobs involved directly and indirectly in the Quinn Insurance business by ensuring that Northern Ireland and the general UK market are reopened for business.

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