Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is only a discrepancy if one puts a ring around the jobs initiative back in May 2011 and assumes that the Government never took any other initiative on job creation subsequently. The jobs initiative was rolled into the wider jobs programme under the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. Enormous amounts of money have been spent on job creation measures all across the economy. There is no spare money left in a drawer or a press on Merrion Street. The money is used but -----

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