Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Callinan for his report. It is often said that governments put in place the conditions to create jobs rather than create jobs themselves. This document outlines a number of initiatives in this regard, stemming from the budgetary proposals that were enacted and issues related to research and development and education.

Unemployment remains too high. How much do the witnesses consider our high level of unemployment is related to competency issues within the eurozone and the world economy and their impact on spending? If they consider those issues play a strong part in our level of unemployment, do they believe that these initiatives will particularly target those?