European Globalisation Fund

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 December 2011

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Questions (110, 111)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

110 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he or anyone acting on behalf of his Department has written to or made contact with the 9,000 workers made redundant in the NACE 41 Construction of Buildings, NACE 43 Specialised Construction Activities and NACE 71 Architectural Services construction sub-sectors between 1 July 2009 and 31 March 2010 and in whose name an application was made to the European globalisation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/11]

Pearse Doherty

Question:

111 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the location of the 9,000 workers made redundant in the NACE 41 Construction of Buildings, NACE 43 Specialised Construction Activities and NACE 71 Architectural Services construction sub-sectors between 1 July 2009 and 31 March 2010 in whose name an application to the European globalisation fund has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40111/11]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills (Deputy Ciarán Cannon)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together.

The Deputy is referring to an application for funds under the European Globalisation Fund made by the previous government for the purposes of helping construction workers made redundant between July 2009 and March 2010. A breakdown by county of former employment location of the redundant workers included in the EGF applications for the NACE 41 Construction of Buildings, NACE 43 Specialised Construction Activities and NACE 71 Architectural Services construction sub-sectors is set out as follows. My Department has not notified any of the identified redundant workers to date. However, it is intended that letters notifying all persons who are eligible for EGF co-financed assistance of a number of new supports being made available to them will issue very shortly.

Employment County	No. persons
Carlow	217
Cavan	169
Clare	152
Cork	1,268
Donegal	162
Dublin	2,661
Galway	430
Kerry	220
Kildare	429
Kilkenny	303
Laois	121
Leitrim	41
Limerick	369
Longford	43
Louth	163
Mayo	195
Meath	417
Monaghan	73
Offaly	65
Roscommon	77
Sligo	75
Tipperary	271
Waterford	336
Westmeath	135
Wexford	353
Wicklow	179
Outside Ireland	1