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Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: What about the redundant workers in other companies? Is an application being made on their behalf?

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I hope Senator Boyle receives a great reception.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: There will be a lot of people waiting to meet and greet Senator Boyle.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Jobs for the boys is the priority now.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Yes.

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Like others, I wish the Minister of State well in her new position. She has been tasked with high responsibility. Many people are depending on the decisions made by her and the Government. The Government made a decision on the European globalisation funds. I understand that three applications have been made to the fund, which is run by the European Union and which makes available €500...

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I have many questions, as the answer was bland and did not contain much information that we did not already have.

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I have questions for the Minister of State. It was made clear to us that the EGF money was to be additional to existing funds. I hope it will not be used by the Government as a slush fund to prop up a discredited agency, namely, FÁS. That is my fear and that of many workers. Thousands of redundant workers could qualify under the fund, but no application has been made on their behalf by...

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Will the Minister of State address this matter if she has genuine concerns? I am sure her constituency contains people who have been affected. For example, Braun is in the Carlow area; therefore, her constituency contains redundant workers who would qualify under the fund were the Department bothered to do the difficult work it has been so willing to explain in the House.

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Why is the Government not making applications to the EGF on behalf of the thousands of workers who have been made redundant at the many companies besides the three referred to by the Minister of State? She claimed that making an application was an onerous task, but I am not interested in that aspect.

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: With due respect, redundant workers are not interested in the bureaucratic difficulties experienced by the State or the European Commission. It is the job of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to overcome the difficulties.

Seanad: Job Losses (30 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: It should give the workers made redundant at other companies the same assistance it has given to workers made redundant at Dell, Waterford Crystal and SR Technics. I am referring to equality and fairness on the part of the State. The Minister of State did not answer my questions. The Government has many questions to answer on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: I agree with colleagues and welcome the Cabinet decision to do a U-turn on a search and rescue helicopter emergency service in the south east. That decision should never have been made and the reversal of it is a victory for people power and common sense. I am glad the decision was reversed. Today, a burden of over €5,000 will be placed on every man, woman and child in the country as a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: It was the people of the south east, not the Deputies who represent Fianna Fáil, who had the decision reversed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: Those in government have changed their minds on the matter. They made the wrong decision in the first instance.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: The Leader should get his facts right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: The people of the south east got on the backs of those in government for making a crazy decision on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: The people in my area got on the backs of those in government. It was the Government which made an incorrect decision in the first instance.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: The people of the south east have spoken.