Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-04-13-Speech-3-173-187"
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"en.20160413.26.3-173-187"2
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"I voted in favour of this report which was concerned with an application to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. The report concerned the Volvo Group Truck Operation and 647 workers were being made redundant workers.
The European Globalisation Fund provides financial support to groups of workers who have lost their jobs due to the impacts of globalisation and recession. The European Commission provides a portion of the fund which is then matched by the relevant government.
However the fund has been subject to significant controversies in the past. Money has been used to fund existing supports for redundant workers rather than additional supports. Workers were not adequately involved in the roll out of the programmes.
Worst of all, tens of millions of euros have been returned to the European Commission unspent due to failure of Government to properly run the programmes.
On a number of occasions more than 40% of the EU funding for specific programmes has been returned unspent.
This is absolutely unacceptable and highlights the Irish Government’s lack of action or care on such vital funding issues. This apathetic and incompetent attitude is unacceptable and id something that I will continue to raise on an EU level."@en1
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