Becton Dickinson announced that it is to close its plant in Drogheda, County Louth. It made that announcement approximately an hour and a half ago, and 170 jobs will be lost. Here is the killer. It is Drogheda's only IDA-backed manufacturing plant of scale. The Taoiseach knows that Drogheda is Ireland's largest town. It is Ireland's next city. It needs investment. It is on the floor at the moment. It has taken too many blows, and it seems this Government's enterprise plan for Drogheda involves extending the DART to the town to bring more workers from Drogheda to Dublin city centre every morning. Drogheda has the skill sets and expertise for foreign direct investment jobs. We need an expert-led enterprise task force to attract and retain foreign direct investment jobs in Drogheda. Will the Taoiseach work with me on that proposition? It is absolutely urgent. Drogheda is about to lose its only IDA-backed manufacturing plant of scale.

I am sorry to hear about those job losses and my immediate thoughts are with workers and families affected, as I know are the Deputy's. I will of course work with him on this, as we have done in the past. I think the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, was in Drogheda this week with regard to the regional enterprise plans. We remain committed to doing everything we can to support the town. I make the point that the benefit of the DART line runs both ways because it also has an opportunity to bring workers and investment into Drogheda.

Help create the jobs. It is a two-way street.

I take the point about the bad news received in Drogheda today. I am happy to meet with the Deputy. As he knows, I am scheduled to meet shortly with the group of enterprise stakeholders who have come together in Drogheda. They have a plan and a view and I will follow up to arrange that.