Dáil debates

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

3:00 pm

Photo of Seymour CrawfordSeymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his interest in this matter. The Quinn Group has provided up to 6,000 jobs on the island of Ireland and is extremely important. My interest is this matter is not about any individual, rather it is about the need to sustain jobs. What role, if any, did the Minister play in ensuring that the group he met representing the Quinn Group and Anglo Irish bank had ongoing discussions until December? The Quinn Group suddenly found itself left out. Can the Minister find out why that happened? If the Quinn Group proposal was not solid enough to represent the combined Anglo Irish Bank and Quinn Group interest, can it be given an explanation as to what was wrong and can it be offered the right to rectify it?

I fully appreciate the legal issue with the administrators. Our problem concerns where the proposal fell down before it reached the administrators. Is there any way the proposal can be reconsidered? It is the only proposal which can save the jobs and save the taxpayer €2.8 billion.

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