Taoiseach, Tanaiste and Government have made a mess of SR Technics

Posted on February 16, 2010 at 08:42 PM

"This is the second time the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Government have made a mess of the SR Technics situation and sacrificed jobs," Eamon Gilmore TD told the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions today.

Eamon was questioning the Taoiseach about what was done to protect the jobs and he reminded Cowen of how he said that the Government would make every consistent effort to have an aircraft maintenance facility in Ireland.

"It would be preferable had the Taoiseach acknowledged that the Government, the Tánaiste and Ministers made an absolute mess and then moved on rather than pretend that all kinds of complicated property arrangements are preventing them from acting.

"During an unemployment crisis, they should be moving mountains to ensure that two separate business proposals to provide and save perfectly viable jobs had Government support rather than the kind of hamfisted and negligent treatment they have received thus far.

"People are losing their jobs and businesses are suffering because of the ensuing drop in income for north and west Dublin in particular."

Eamon's full contribution can be viewed on the video and you can read the full transcript on the Dáil website.

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