Coughlan admits visit to Dell HQ just ‘a process’

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan has admitted that travelling to Dell headquarters in Texas last month was just “a process” which was not expected to stop the announcement that 1,900 jobs would be lost.

Coughlan admits visit to Dell HQ just ‘a process’

Dell workers soon to lose their jobs will benefit from about €5,260 each in an EU hardship fund on top of their redundancy package which will be six weeks’ pay per year of service with Dell, capped at 52 weeks.

The Government expects to receive €10 million from the European Union globalisation fund, which is a reserve of €500m to “help reintegrate into the labour market workers made redundant due to changing global trade patterns”.

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