Dell workers want say on funding

WORKERS at the doomed Dell plant in Limerick said yesterday they want to have a say on how the EU-backed retraining fund announced by EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is used.

Mr Barroso, on a visit to Limerick last Saturday promoting a Lisbon Treaty Yes vote, said the EU has decided to give €14.8 million from the European Globalisation Fund to help 2,000 Dell workers and a further 600 at Dell supplier RR Donnolly to retrain and develop new skills.

The Irish Government as part of the deal is committed to contributing €9m to the workers’ package.