Robert O'Donoghue (Dublin Fingal West, Labour)
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210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the planned closure of a company (details supplied) affecting over 70 staff; the action he is taking to address the loss of Irish jobs and the apparent outsourcing to UK-based crews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38640/25]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Firstly, my thoughts are with all the employees facing potential redundancy and I understand this is very difficult time for those involved.

Ireland has a robust framework of legislative protections and supports for workers who are impacted by redundancy. The Protection of Employment Act 1977 defines collective redundancies as situations where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the number of redundancies is:

• 5 or more employees, where 21-49 are normally employed in an establishment
• 10 or more employees where 50-99 are normally employed in an establishment
• 10% or more of the employees where 100-299 are employed in an establishment
• 30 or more employees where 300 or more are employed in an establishment