85 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious implications for the Waterford area in general and for Dungarvan of the announcement by Waterford Wedgewood that it is to close its Dungarvan plant and reduce its workforce at Kilbarry with a total loss of almost 500 jobs; if the proposed redundancies have been formally notified to his Department; the discussions he has had with the company on the matter, in particular on the prospects of keeping the Dungarvan plant in production; the action he intends to take arising from the announcement; if he will ask the industrial development agencies to give this area priority in terms of a search for replacement industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18003/05]

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85 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious implications for the Waterford area in general and for Dungarvan of the announcement by Waterford Wedgewood that it is to close its Dungarvan plant and reduce its workforce at Kilbarry with a total loss of almost 500 jobs; if the proposed redundancies have been formally notified to his Department; the discussions he has had with the company on the matter, in particular on the prospects of keeping the Dungarvan plant in production; the action he intends to take arising from the announcement; if he will ask the industrial development agencies to give this area priority in terms of a search for replacement industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18003/05]

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