Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Why did the Minister meet Lufthansa and not Pratt and Whitney Aviation International? It seems from the reply that when IDA Ireland met senior management in the United States, there suddenly seemed to be a negative about the possibility of saving the company because IDA Ireland then met local management to prepare a briefing on the potential to develop the plant further. Why have we given up on this company which has everything going for it? It is profitable and has been pared to the last in the economic approach to job creation, yet the Minister has walked away from it. Will the Minister of State ask the Minister to look at the company's situation because of its profile and it has everything going for it? As other Deputies stated, we cannot afford to lose this type of industry.

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