Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My point is that I believe the figure was significantly more in 2012. I am concerned because we are facing the greatest economic challenge for decades and it is worrying that, notwithstanding the increase in employment that has been achieved in Enterprise Ireland, we seem to have significantly less people employed in the key State sector than we did five years ago. This does not seem right to me.