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08/01/2009
"Limerick Will Bounce Back" Says Minister
Minister of State, Peter Power, has said Limerick will bounce back from today's announcement by computer corporation Dell that almost 2000 jobs are to go at its Limerick plant.
The jobs will go over the next 12 months, with the losses announced today by the company's Chief Executive Officedr in the US to workers across a video link.
Mr Power called on the population of Limerick not to adopt a defeatist attitude, saying it was bad news for Limerick, which like all cities is suffering from the recession.
He said: "My thoughts today are with the employees and their families who have received notice of the closure of the manufacturing facility and to assure them that any Government support that can be given will be available to them."
In contrast, the Labour parties Jan O'Sullivan has called the announcement "a catastrophe" for the mid-west region, saying it is a personal tragedy for those who are now to lose their jobs.
"The fact that the job losses have been forecast for some time does not make it any easier: nor will redundancy payments be much comfort to workers who will find it extremely difficult to find alternative employment in the current economic climate," she said.
Miss O'Sullivan went on to say that although "this is not the day for attributing political blame" the trip to Texas by ministers O'Dea and Coughlan was "too little, too late".
(DW)(BMcC)
The jobs will go over the next 12 months, with the losses announced today by the company's Chief Executive Officedr in the US to workers across a video link.
Mr Power called on the population of Limerick not to adopt a defeatist attitude, saying it was bad news for Limerick, which like all cities is suffering from the recession.
He said: "My thoughts today are with the employees and their families who have received notice of the closure of the manufacturing facility and to assure them that any Government support that can be given will be available to them."
In contrast, the Labour parties Jan O'Sullivan has called the announcement "a catastrophe" for the mid-west region, saying it is a personal tragedy for those who are now to lose their jobs.
"The fact that the job losses have been forecast for some time does not make it any easier: nor will redundancy payments be much comfort to workers who will find it extremely difficult to find alternative employment in the current economic climate," she said.
Miss O'Sullivan went on to say that although "this is not the day for attributing political blame" the trip to Texas by ministers O'Dea and Coughlan was "too little, too late".
(DW)(BMcC)
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