Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)

The threat to jobs in Intel and the job losses in TikTok come on the back of job cuts in Meta. There are reports of 300 jobs at risk at Carelon Global Solutions Ireland in Limerick. This company, as the Minister will know, provides digital integrated solutions for the healthcare industry. It has talked about its decision to consider its future in Ireland, which comes after a review of its business operations and an examination of the changing healthcare landscape globally. Is the Minister working with the staff and management at Carelon Global Solutions in this regard? Has he explored alternatives to these proposed layoffs, which would not only be a severe blow to the individual workers but have a huge negative impact in Limerick? While I welcome the semiconductor strategy, I ask for it to be implemented on an all-island basis. There are huge opportunities in the semiconductor space.

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