Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If we can find a suitable time when all the public representatives from the area are available, I would be happy to do that. I have received a request from the Deputy, but just from him and not from all the representatives in the area. Certainly, if we can all agree a suitable time, I would be happy to speak to him about the issue. I do not know if he can be part of the solution, but if he has anything constructive to offer, such as investors he knows are interested or anything useful that I can pursue, I would be very happy to listen to that.

Obviously, in the meantime we are working, as we always do when there are job losses in an area, with the enterprise agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, to try to find an alternative employer for the site. We have been pretty successful at that in recent weeks and months as the Deputy will know. Within a few months of Aptar's closure in Ballinasloe, we were able to find Chanelle Pharma which is willing to invest in that and hire 60 people. That is the approach we generally take, working with the enterprise agencies to find alternative investors and alternative employment. If the Deputy can make any constructive contribution in any way, I would very much welcome it.

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