Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. As he is aware, we are talking about a region with a population of 150,000 or so. The Minister of State will appreciate that the unemployment figures I read out are very high. Could he look at some of our more traditional industries? The Cadbury Mondelez plant in Coolock was threatened with a series of job losses. I raised this issue on numerous occasions with the former Minister in the previous Dáil. The last update I received from the Department about the plant was in March 2016. I was told that Enterprise Ireland was in contact with the company. What has happened on foot of that? Cadbury's was taken over firstly by Kraft and then by Mondelez, which is a Brazilian company. What is happening in this case of this plant?

There are many logistics and transport companies in Dublin Bay North. I heard the Minister say earlier that she is taking particular steps concerning Brexit. Has the area of logistics and transport been looked at given that we will be dealing with a different regime? I heard Deputy Durkan speak earlier about apprenticeships and third-level education.

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