Michael McCarthy (Labour)

In the light of recent announcements regarding job losses and the alarming rate at which we learn of companies and organisations going to the wall, I ask the Leader to bring the Tánaiste into the House to explain the situation. In recent days 50 jobs were lost in Macroom, County Cork when a well established bakery unfortunately ceased operations. We want the Tánaiste to tell us the reason the jobs announced for Macroom prior to the general election to replace the 300 plus lost in the General Semi-Conductor plant, and the 113 jobs promised for Dunmanway, have not materialised. If the jobs came to the country, where did they go? How does the Tánaiste intend to deal with the current disgraceful situation where we are haemorrhaging jobs at an alarming rate?