We are almost there. I call Deputy John Brady. I ask him to be very focused. Let me make this clear: the reason I said we are almost there is that all hands go up when I come in and I am not able to get to everyone. I want to ensure I leave no one out. Those who were reached today will not get a chance tomorrow. I will take the remaining names and they will be on top of the list tomorrow. I cannot get to everyone.

Yesterday 150 workers at Rondo Food in Arklow received the devastating news that the facility would close its doors towards the end of next January. It was not surprising news because throughout the 30-day consultation process in which Rondo Food engaged with representatives of the workforce, it undermined the entire process. It had engineers over from Germany measuring up the equipment and machinery to ship it back to Germany. This is obviously devastating news to the workers and their families, particularly at this time of year, but also to the economy in Arklow-----

A question, please.

-----which has been reeling over many years. I have two questions for the Taoiseach. This company has received €400,000 from Enterprise Ireland since 2011. What measures are you taking to ensure that that money is paid back-----

Is the Taoiseach in a position to answer? Deputy Brady-----

-----if the company has not met the terms of the grants? Second, will you immediately establish-----

Deputy Brady is being totally unfair.

-----an employment passport to bring new employment to the economic unemployment black spot of Arklow?

Deputy Brady will address the Chair.

On the same issue, I wish to share my devastation at the news of yesterday's announcement that Rondo Food is closing and moving its facility. This will have a significant impact on the company's 150 workers and their families coming up to Christmas. What was most disappointing about this process was the 30-day procedure put in place. The works committee of the firm put forward practical, credible solutions that would have improved the efficiencies and the operation of the plant. Enterprise Ireland was equally involved in this process and put forward proposals. It is quite clear that this was just a box-ticking exercise by this company and that all it was doing was moving the operation back to Germany. Arklow has an incredible workforce, and it is vital we put a task force in place to deal with potential investment coming down the road that can deal with these job losses.

None of us is a slow learner. We knew immediately what the question was.

I join the Deputies in expressing my sorrow and regret at the job losses in Arklow and the company's decision to relocate back to Germany. Since the announcement on 8 November, Enterprise Ireland has been engaging intensively with the company to see whether it was possible to find a solution that would avert the job losses. Unfortunately, it has not proved possible, and the company announced on 9 December, only yesterday, that the factory in Arklow will close at the end of January and relocate to Krefeld, in Germany. The company has confirmed that all staff have been offered redundancy packages which exceed the scale of mandatory redundancy packages.

Half a week.

If the terms of the grants were not met, they must be repaid. Our agencies, IDA and Enterprise Ireland, stand ready to try to find alternative employment and to use the site for such employment for the people of Arklow.

Does the IDA know where Arklow is? It does not know where Wicklow is.

Deputy Brady may not interrupt the Taoiseach.

In addition, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and Intreo stand ready to ensure that anyone who loses his or her job gets the benefits to which he or she is entitled, the option of retraining and all the range of supports made available by Government to people who have been made unemployed.