Aviva workers may be ineligible for European funding

HUNDREDS of workers due to lose their jobs at the Aviva insurance company might be ineligible for European funding to help retrain them for work in other industries.

The Government is already working on an application to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help reskill the 575 people made redundant earlier this month at the TalkTalk centre in Waterford. Previous applications were successful for training supports to former staff of Waterford Crystal, Dell in Limerick and SR Technics in Dublin.

But while Department of Education officials are monitoring the situation in relation to potential EGF support for Aviva workers, it said there is a lack of clarity on a number of key criteria for such applications.