Written answers

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Job Protection

5:00 pm

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to protect and maintain a critical aviation engineering industry for air transport here; if he will report on the status of all expressions of interest in establishing a successor business for a company (details supplied) at the Dublin operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28406/09]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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On 12 February 2009, SR Technics Group (SRT) announced that it planned to exit its business at Dublin Airport and layoff 1135 employees.

Following the decision, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland formed a project team to promote the operation through the IDA Ireland overseas network and to meet with and assess expressions of interest in the operation.

As part of the decision to close their Dublin operations, SRT implemented an expression of interest process to sell parts (or all) of the business. 40 expressions of interest were received by SRT, most of which were interested in assets only. 12 parties expressed an interest in purchasing one or more business units and rehiring the redundant staff. 5 bona-fide proposals were received by the agency's project team to continue an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) business at Dublin Airport.

On 2nd September 2009, I announced the establishment of Dublin Aerospace Ltd, a new aviation maintenance provider supported by Government through Enterprise Ireland. Dublin Aerospace aims to establish a best-in-class Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Dublin Airport, servicing APUs, Landing Gear, Base Maintenance and Training. The company has commenced operations with 32 initial employees recruited. This number is anticipated to grow to 226 jobs.

The Garage business unit of SR Technics has been taken over by the M50 Truck and Van Centre who were successful in securing the airside vehicle maintenance contract from SR Technics.

SR Technics will continue to operate the Line Maintenance contract for Aer Lingus until a suitable acceptable operator is agreed between both companies.

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