Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, will establish quickly whether EGF support can be accessed by Aviva workers. However, we cannot make such an assessment until we see the details of the redundancies involved. Deputy Martin is aware of this arrangement under European regulations. The Minister for Education and Skills will follow this through. The matter is up for further discussion in the Topical Issues debate as approved by the Ceann Comhairle. We are all concerned about the issue, but in dealing with this problem we want to get it right for the future of the country. That means we must make changes to legal services, the way the health system is structured and the cost base for every industry to ensure the competitiveness of the country as a whole.

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