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"Northern Ireland different to Mainland UK" Harkin tells Regulator
Date: April 30, 2010
Those who demonstrated on the streets of Dublin today in support of opening up the market for Quinn Insurance in Northern Ireland and the UK remind us of the absolute urgency of the current situation and the need to allow Quinn...[more]
Self Employed Truck Drivers Working Time to be Regulated by E.U. says MEP
Date: April 30, 2010
"A vote in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee confirms that Self Employed drivers will now be subject to a directive which limits their working time as distinct from their driving time"- this was stated by...[more]
Harkin Calls on Government to Support Quinn Workers
Date: April 6, 2010
“We are here to ask the Government to work in partnership with the workers and the Quinn Group, to step up to the plate, to be proactive and not to stand back and let events take over”. This was stated by Marian Harkin when...[more]
MEP Urges Respect for Strength of Quinn Group
Date: March 31, 2010
While it was essential for all financial and insurance institutions to be required to maintain essential financial discipline, there was a need to adopt an enlightened and informed flexibility to exceptionally important companies...[more]
Minister Coughlan Should Listen to Minister Ryan
Date: February 15, 2010
The refusal of Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise Mary Coughlan to take a more realistic approach to Ryanair’s attempt to create jobs at Dublin airport was in marked contrast to Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan statement...[more]
Harkin Secures High Level European Parliament Visit to Dell
Date: February 10, 2010
Marian Harkin has convinced the European Globalisation working group of the European Parliament to visit Dell, Co. Limerick during a meeting today in Strasbourg. This visit will assess the implementation of the...[more]
EU Fund Possible for Redundant Workers in BMW Region
Date: November 24, 2009
The opportunity existed for the Government to apply for funding from the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support workers made redundant in the Border Midlands and West (BMW) region and that application should be made without...[more]
Dell €14 million Vote on Wednesday
Date: November 23, 2009
€14 million in funding to help redundant workers in the mid west should start to flow following a vote by the European Parliament on Tuesday next. According to the sole Irish member of the Parliament’s Globalisation Fund Working...[more]
EU Funds for Stiefel Workers Mooted by MEP
Date: November 11, 2009
“The shocking news of the proposed closure of the Stiefel Laboratories plant in Sligo will demand an immediate and a comprehensive response from Government and State agencies. However, in the longer term, there is the...[more]
EU Funding Approved for former Dell Workers
Date: November 5, 2009
At a meeting in the European Parliament the Employment Committee approved the proposal to grant assistance of € 14.8m from the European Globalisation Fund to assist 2,400 of the workers made redundant by the recent closure of...[more]
