Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made contact with a company (details supplied) following its recent announcement in relation to a 5% cut to its global workforce; what this may mean specifically for the company’s employees here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14262/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Following the announcement in February that Dell would seek a 5% reduction to its global headcount, my Department received an early warning report from IDA Ireland on February 7th. However, to date, my Department has not received a collective redundancy notification from Dell Technologies Ireland and as such the impact on Irish jobs is not yet known.

The company is a key employer in Ireland, employing over 4,500 people across 3 key operations in Cork, Limerick, and Dublin. IDA Ireland is engaged with the leadership teams of these sites across a multitude of strategic and operational initiatives. The company is a resilient and long-standing business, and I am informed it is in a good financial position. Furthermore, while current economic conditions are challenging, Dell Technologies is seen as in a strong position to benefit from market recovery as it occurs. Like many other companies impacted by global economic headwinds, Dell has already taken several actions in advance of the decision to reduce jobs, such as pausing hiring and limiting travel spend to reduce costs.

Across all its operations, Dell Technologies Ireland is considered a highly strategic corporate hub for Dell Technologies Inc., and it is expected that the impact, if any, of this announcement on the Irish operations of Dell Technologies will be less than 5%.

Officials at my Department, through IDA Ireland, will continue to work closely with the company over the coming weeks.

Should collective redundancies occur, employees are protected by a robust suite of employment legislation and under the Protection of Employment Act 1977, employees are entitled to a statutory 30-day consultation period.