Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be aware of the announcement by Bord na Móna yesterday that up to 150 jobs are going to go in Offaly as a consequence of restructuring and decarbonising the Bord na Móna business. This is going to have a huge impact. I know from speaking to Deputy Cowen this morning that he is particularly concerned about the impact in Offaly. What plans has the Government put in place to assist Bord na Móna through this process? Will it look to speak to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in the context that this loss to Offaly is similar to the losses in Waterford Glass and in Dell and given that the company has no option but to make these redundancies because of its decarbonisation obligation?

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