Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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They may need training. The Deputy is right. During the period from 2013 to 2015, my colleagues in the Departments of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and Education and Skills showed that we have the ability to do that. While I will work to be in a position where we will minimise employment being shed in the first place - we believe we will still have an economy that will have more than 2.1 million people at work - we will look at what specific supports are needed to assist people if they need retraining or reskilling as they look to work in other parts of the economy.