Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government decision over a decade ago to establish the Shannon Group led to a transformational change in the Shannon Free Zone itself. I look forward to the official opening of MeiraGTx tomorrow by the Taoiseach. It is a progressive company. It is a real example of what has been done in Shannon over the past decade.

Many of those firms have been in touch with me in relation to the question of energy, the issue of blackouts and the Government message around that. They are looking for assurances around this question of how will the Government deal with it and I would like the Tánaiste to give some assurance to those companies that provide so much employment in the mid-west on our policy in that regard.

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