Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Some weeks ago the Government approved a transfer of Shannon Heritage sites out of the Shannon Group to local authorities in the mid west. This was a positive development. A lengthy due diligence process is under way, which we thought would end around 31 December and which could now run until March. In that interim period from January to March, Shannon Heritage and Shannon Group are talking about closing these sites again. This is unthinkable, commercially unwise and represents a head in the sand approach. They are also turning away commercial bookings and I am hearing from staff that they will desist from taking employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, supports for their staff. As the helmsman of Government, I ask the Taoiseach to do everything he can at the Government end of things to expedite matters. The region and the workers will lose out.

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