Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely the need for the Government and the Industrial Development Agency to source urgently a replacement industry for Cashel, County Tipperary, following the announcement yesterday of the closure of the Johnson & Johnson plant in the town with the loss of 133 direct jobs and 80 catering and security support jobs. This is a major blow to the town, which already has over 1,200 unemployed. I ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to make a statement on the matter.

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