Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if applications have been made for funding from the European Globalisation Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24267/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department is equipped to produce the statistics required that would enable an application to be made for funding under the European Globalisation Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24268/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together.

My Department is keeping the possibility of making an application to the European Globalisation Fund under review. This involves the monitoring of available redundancy data for Ireland and assessing whether the necessary criteria of the European Globalisation Fund have been met. In addition, an application to the European Globalisation Fund must contain detailed statistics relating to world trade patterns, their impact on EU market share and how changing trade patterns are affecting the relevant economic sector in the EU. Such statistics are compiled at European level and are available to my Department in the event that an application to the European Globalisation Fund arises.