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Commission must respond on DELL
Date: October 22, 2009
The European Commission have an immediate responsibility to respond to the questions from the Employment Committee in the European Parliament otherwise there could be a delay in approving the €14.3 million from the European...[more]
MEP Slates 'Useless' Government Proposals on 'Hello Money'
Date: August 12, 2009
Unless representative organisations for Irish food product producers could make confidential submissions, the unacceptable ‘hello money’ demands of the major food retailers would continue. This was stated by Marian Harkin MEP...[more]
Call to Use Credit Unions in €500 million EU Jobs Initiative
Date: July 3, 2009
A call has been made to the European Commission to ensure that credit unions can participate in the€500 million micro finance initiative launched on Thursday, July 2nd. Marian Harkin MEP, in making the call said:- “Prior to...[more]
Banks Not to be Sole Lenders of New €500 Million EU Fund
Date: July 1, 2009
A fund of €500 million is to be provided to assist micro enterprises throughout the EU in order to assist small business which is currently having difficulty in obtaining loans from the banks. This was revealed by Independent...[more]
MEP Accuses Tesco of Demanding ‘Hello Money’
Date: May 10, 2009
According to reports she had received, the Tesco supermarket chain was insisting that Irish food product manufacturers provided ‘hello money’ in order that their products would continue to achieve shelf space for their...[more]
Don't Cut Back Essential Role of VECs
Date: May 4, 2009
There must be no cutbacks in the training and education programmes operated by Vocational Educational Committees (VECs) and FAS and, where demand exists they must be expanded. This was stated by Independent MEP Marian Harkin...[more]
MEP Impressed by Zimmer Operation
Date: March 3, 2009
In a period of very few good news stories, the performance of Zimmer Holdings in Shannon was a heartening example of what could still be accomplished by a soundly based business and a committed workforce. This was stated by...[more]
Viability of Rural Areas Affected by Glanbia Type Job Losses
Date: February 10, 2009
“The announcement of 210 redundancies at Glanbia is the more worrying of all recently announced job losses because it is in the country’s vitally important indigenous industry sector. This was stated by Independent MEP Marian...[more]
Visit of EU Commissioner to Shannon Region on the cards
Date: January 14, 2009
Following a meeting with Commissioner Spidla (EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs) attended by Marian Harkin MEP, Jim Higgins MEP and Colm Burke MEP, Commissioner Spidla indicated his willingness to visit the...[more]
EU Parliament call by Harkin for Dell workers to access Globalisation Fund.
Date: January 12, 2009
Today Monday, January 12th Marian Harkin MEP called on the Irish Government to immediately apply to the European Globalisation Fund for resources to re-skill and retrain workers made redundant by Dell or its supplier companies....[more]
