Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA
2:00 pm
Mr. Tom Hayes:
I thank the Deputy. I revert to the six jobs to which he referred and I acknowledge that is true. However, it should be borne in mind that effectively, we have come through an economic tsunami, both in Ireland and globally, and the wash-out of that still continues. In that context, sustaining jobs is absolutely crucial.