MEP furious over the way money has been managed locally

MEP Alan Kelly, who was to the fore in forcing the EU Commission to approve the European Globalisation Fund (EGF) to assist workers hit by the Dell pull-out, remains very unhappy at the way the fund has being managed in this country.

And he has warned that EU officials will “not be pleased” by the way the money is being managed.

Mr Kelly is particularly angry that some ex-Dell workers have also been excluded from accessing the fund – as they had already found alternative employment. But his main concern was that flexibility in the use of the funds was not being fully utilised.