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Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: We all knew this-----

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am not making an allegation at all.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am clarifying what has happened.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: That is the entire objective. Saying that we were not aware of matters or did not do what needed to be done is factually incorrect. Local management expressed grave concerns about the viability of SR Technics on the basis of costs and contracts. It was on that basis that we worked very closely with local management.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Yes. We worked with and supported it and indicated categorically that we would financially support research and development and training. It is therefore wrong to claim the State did not intervene and support SR Technics and its local management. The recovery proposal was sent to Zurich and not accepted by the company. The company indicated to me on 11 February what would happen and, as...

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: -----the financial wherewithal would be given.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am trying to offer advice and clarify the process. There are insinuations across the House that the Government was not prepared to give financial assistance to SR Technics. That is factually incorrect. We offered assistance in a package throughout the local management recovery project. We offered assistance to the successful bidders in the normal context in which we can offer support...

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: -----when they put together a viable business plan.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Irish bidders were not successful.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: We are not aware of the preferred bidder.

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: There are a number of people who have carried out due diligence and done a considerable amount of work on their business plans whom we are meeting to ascertain whether they wish to start up an APU or landing gear maintenance shop. We need to know whether they are still interested. The other issue raised is certainly one for consideration. As I indicated, there is a confidentiality clause...

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am aware of the strategic importance of the aviation industry in this country. There are a number of companies based in Dublin, Shannon and Cork which provide support to the aviation sector. The aviation sector is going through a considerably difficult period and every effort is being made to address the issues of new business and costs. We have recently had to deal with these issues, as...

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am concerned here with support of the aviation sector. Strategically, aviation is very important to Ireland. I assure Deputy McGrath we all appreciate the difficulties involved, as many of those in SR Technics have been there for a considerable period, through many changes, and have given a considerable amount of personal support to the aviation sector. This is not just a Dublin issue; it...

Job Losses. (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I thank the Deputy, my constituency colleague, for raising this matter on the Adjournment. Like him, I was disappointed to hear about the liquidation of James Likely Limited in Ballyshannon with the loss of 75 jobs. The company has been in existence in Donegal since being set up in 1970. My first concern is with the workers who will lose their jobs and every effort will be made to assist...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: In the Supplementary Budget of 7 April last I announced a number of specific activation measures including a pilot scheme for short-term workers, which will provide training and income support to 277 workers considered to be in vulnerable employment. This will represent a significant new approach to supporting people in vulnerable employment. Under this training programme workers who are on...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (14 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Day to day decisions in relation to the funding of individual Skillnets networks are a matter for the Board of Skillnets.

Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: As the proposed tax changes outlined by the US Administration on 4 May were proposals rather than detailed draft legislation, it is not possible to definitively state what the effect will be for US foreign direct investment in Ireland. However, the stated intention of the Obama Administration is primarily to target US companies which invest in countries widely considered to be tax havens....

Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: One of my Ministers of State is in Russia and another is in Bahrain. I sincerely hope another man is crossing the road.

Foreign Direct Investment. (19 May 2009)

Mary Coughlan: They are doing work on my behalf and on behalf of the State.