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

As I said in answer to an earlier question, the Minister has engaged and the Government continues to engage. There was a meeting and there is ongoing engagement with management and unions also. The Government is working to see what it can do, within state aid parameters, to facilitate an earlier reopening of the mine. The situation is very challenging and very serious for the workers, of that there is no doubt. We will do everything we possibly can to be of support and assistance, as I said earlier.

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