Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

It is no consolation to the families or to Ireland that this morning in Manchester the head of branding at Aviva, Ms Susan Helmont, will give a presentation on the secret of the company's success. One wonders if, within the secret of that success, is the fact that the company gets the naming rights to the Aviva Stadium for €40 million when the people of Ireland invested €191 million. I ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, to give an explanation immediately on whether he engaged with the company over the past number of weeks, the suggestions brought to the company to protect the jobs and how in God's name any Government can preside over a company that talks about the secret of its success in Manchester on the same morning as it is telling 1,000 families in Ireland that they are no longer required to contribute to the success of the company.

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