Dell workers’ move into schools mooted

THE Government should consider moving unemployed Dell workers into computer technical support for schools, according to the body representing city and county Vocational Education Committees (VECs).

Although most of the 1,900 people who will lose their jobs at the Limerick plant after the announcement earlier this month are in the manufacturing rather than the technical side of operations, the Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA) said those without the relevant expertise could be trained up to the work locally.

The association said the move would also save the state on social welfare payments to some of those being made redundant in the region.