Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is devastating news for the workers involved. The State agencies should do everything they possibly can to support them and help to ensure that the company can stay open, if that is possible. I do not have the full background to the rationale behind the decision, but it is critical that the State agencies also engage with the workers to support them in every way possible in respect of supports and helping them to seek alternative employment, if that turns out to be the case.

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