Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement, if any, his Department has had with a company (details supplied) with a workforce in its manufacturing facility in Athlone, County Westmeath, and its operations in Dublin, to minimise job losses as the company announced plans to cut 6,000 jobs globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Following consultation with the company, IDA Ireland have informed my Department that, at present, there are no indications of any potential job losses at the company's Athlone site.

KCI Ireland is 3M’s sole manufacturing site for vacuum assisted wound healing therapy units for global markets. The site also manages the V.A.C. global supply chain to oversee manufacturing for third party manufacturers, global purchasing and supplier agreements as well as the distribution of therapy units and other KCI product lines. KCI joined the 3M portfolio as part of their Acelity acquisition in 2019.

In October 2019, 3M established a Digital Health Science R&D Centre, known as the 3M Digital Sciences Community (DSC) in Dublin. The DSC is 3M’s first R&D technical centre devoted to optimising 3M’s global technical, data security, privacy operations and the acceleration of their deployment of cloud-based solutions. IDA is engaging with the Dublin site leadership regarding any potential reduction in the headcount at the Digital Sciences Community R&D operation. Any losses at the Dublin facility is anticipated to be in line with the global headcount reduction.

The IDA is engaged with site leaders at both locations on an ongoing basis.