Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If a company receives grant aid of "X" amount to support eight jobs, there is no requirement on that company to create eight jobs. The grant aid is not linked to the creation of those jobs. This looks nice in an announcement and it is great for a politician to be able to announce jobs, but there is no requirement for these jobs to be created or for them to materialise on the completion of the funding.