Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, Senator Reilly and I informed the Deputy Leader and others that yet another factory, Co-operative Poultry Products Limited in Cootehill, County Cavan, had gone into receivership on Monday last, potentially threatening 90 jobs. Unfortunately, yesterday evening those jobs were lost and the 90 workers were informed. They have been forced into occupying the factory to ensure they receive the entitlements they are due. I do not want another Vita Cortex or Kingscourt Bricks scenario to develop and neither do the other Members or the 90 families involved. The Kingscourt Bricks workers had to occupy the premises in which they were formerly employed for up to eight months until they finally received their entitlements. Will the Leader please intervene with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to secure a resolution to this difficulty as quickly as possible? It will have to be resolved at the end of the day and I implore him to intervene with the Minister as soon as possible today to ensure this happens.

I compliment the Minister for Education and Skills on his comprehensive contribution to the debate on the changes to the junior certificate examination and the literacy and numeracy strategy. Would it be possible to invite him back to the House in the near future for a discussion on the adult and continuing education sector with particular emphasis on the VTOS and Youthreach programmes?