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

Our primary concern is for those working in Becton, Dickinson and Company and their families who are impacted by this decision. All State agencies will work to support the workers affected in the period ahead as they pursue alternative employment. The IDA will have to work on the site and plant to see if we can get an alternative investor in, which has happened in the past to good effect. Some closures resulted in a rejuvenation of a given site, the most famous being Motorola in Cork ten or 15 years ago. It led to completely new developments on a number of fronts. Likewise in this case, it seems there is reduced demand for the company's key product and pressures from low-cost locations. It is a long-standing company that has been there since 1964. It continues to employ about 900 workers in Enniscorthy, Dublin and Limerick. We will do everything we can for the workers to get alternative employment and then try to get more employment into that location.

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