Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be making an application to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund on behalf of the former employees of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31803/11]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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On the basis of the information currently available to me, the redundancy event in question does not appear to meet the criteria prescribed under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) Regulations to enable an application for co-financing assistance to be made by the Department either on a company specific or on a sectoral basis. This matter will be kept under review by the Department should new information or any changed circumstances emerge in due course. The Department continues to monitor all collective redundancies nationally in order to assess whether sustainable EGF applications can be made in those cases where all relevant EGF regulatory criteria are met.