Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To complement what Deputy Chambers said there, as we look to the future, we have had a very significant increase in labour market participation already. We have never had more young people at work in Ireland than we have now. We have never had more women at work in Ireland than we have now. Overall, as important as all the individual policies from Government are, I believe what drives up labour market participation is having an economy that generates the demand for jobs. For example, making changes with regard to childcare.