Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I would like to ask the Tánaiste a question about the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill. She is from the Gaeltacht herself. Two hundred badly needed jobs were approved by the Údarás. A total of 22,000 people went on the live register last month. We have over 420,000 people unemployed in this country. The Údarás has approved 200 jobs, but it has no funding. What is the Tánaiste going to do about it? The embargoes of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland have been lifted. Will the Tánaiste speak to the Minister for Finance, provide that money for the Údarás and provide badly needed jobs for the Gaeltacht areas and for rural Ireland?

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