Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

I seek to adjourn the Dáil to discuss a matter of urgent public importance: the recent announcement by Vodafone Ireland of its plans to move 130 Irish jobs to offshore locations of the Vodafone group in Egypt and India, despite the fact that the company reported profits of €123 million to March 2011. Jobs are crucial to the Irish economy and every job should be maintained, particularly by a company that is making such large profits. Eighty percent of its Irish profits come from corporate accounts and a large proportion of these are State-owned or semi-state bodies, such as our local authorities, State hospitals and the Department of Education and Skills. These contracts should not be renewed if Vodafone Ireland persists in exporting these or any jobs from Ireland.

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