Childers urges government to get the finger out to support local former SR technics workers

Posted by Bronwen Maher on February 10, 2010 at 11:44 AM

Labour MEP Nessa Childers has urged the government to ‘get the finger out’ to ensure that local former SR Technics staff can benefit from the European Union’s fund to support workers in major enterprises who have lost their jobs due to the relocation of a business operation to a country outside of the EU.
 
Nessa Childers said, “Hundreds of people in Meath, Louth, Kildare and Wicklow were employed in SRT and I am now pressing the Irish government to get the finger out to ensure that much-needed funding under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is released to support former SRT workers to up-skill, retrain or start new businesses.
 
“This Fund will be utilised by former Dell workers in Limerick and the Mid-West and it will prove to be an enormous benefit to them, their families and communities.
 
“The Irish government made a provisional application to be considered for the Fund only last October, many, many months after the SRT crisis first emerged. I was disappointed to learn recently that the Irish authorities had yet to furnish the European Commission with sufficient information to allow for a decision to be made on allocating funds to the former SRT workers. This delay is completely unacceptable and I have this week asked the European Commission for a further update on the status of the application.
 
“The counties of Meath, Louth, Wicklow and Kildare have been hit hard by the economic crisis and the SRT closure has had a major impact on the areas I represent. I am urging the government not to waste any more time in advancing this application to ensure that those who have lost their jobs at SRT can get back into the workplace without any further delay.”

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