Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Three hundred and sixty-four jobs are due to be cut at VMware in Ballincollig, Cork city, in the near future, possibly as early as next month. I expect this to have a big impact on what, for want of a better phrase, I will call the tech ecosystem in Cork. It will have considerable knock-on effects. The Minister for enterprise, Deputy Coveney, and the IDA need to make replacement investment and replacement jobs a top priority. Will the Minister tell the House what steps have been taken and what, if anything, has been achieved on this front? It is a key question for Ballincollig and for hundreds of workers with mortgages and families.

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