B&I ship repairs awarded to Liverpool
Mr. Ahern objects that £5 million in B&I ship-repair work is going to Liverpool rather than Cobh, despite local unemployment and Verolme Dockyard’s closure. The Ceann Comhairle repeatedly rules his intervention out of order and tells him to resume his seat.
Before we move on to the next business, I would like to say that recently the Government gave around £40 million to keep B & I in operation, but £5 million is being given to a shipyard in Liverpool to repair B & I ships——
Comment on this
It is a disgrace that £5 million is being spent abroad when there is a workforce in Cobh——
Comment on this
It is an absolute disgrace that the Deputy should ignore Standing Orders in the way in which he is ignoring them.
Comment on this
I am very serious. There are thousands of people unemployed and Verolme Dockyard has been closed ——
Comment on this
The Government should have ensured that that £5 million had gone to Cobh and not to Liverpool.