Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The Green Party, if it had been in Government, would not have voted for tax breaks for multi-storey carparks, holiday homes or hotels, which have skewed enterprise policy in this country. Having worked in the tourism industry for years, I found it remarkable that the Government knew better than I did, as an operator, what should be built. Unfortunately, the Government got it badly wrong. Productivity growth at the moment has not been lower since the early 1980s. What will turn that around?

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