Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

All the other schemes we are bringing forward will be used and adapted to the situation in which we now find ourselves to see what way we can assist those people, whether it is through local employment services or direct contact with FÁS itself, which is to receive funding of more than €900 million next year. Of course I am concerned at the numbers of unemployed.

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