EU Employment Commissioner to inspect progress on €22m Dell fund

EU Employment Commissioner Laszlo Andor is to visit the mid-west region to inspect progress on the distribution of a €22 million European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to former Dell workers.

It will be the second trip to the Limerick area by an EU commissioner in less than a year, after Mr Andor’s predecessor Vladimir Spidla visited last September to announce the approval of funding to aid the retraining and employment of those who lost jobs following the Dell closure in January 2009.

The decision of the commissioner to visit the region in the coming weeks follows an invitation from South MEP Alan Kelly.