Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

With regard to the other fiscal measures referred to by the Deputy we must work within the budgetary parameters set out for ourselves and we will work, both internally in Government and with social partners, to see what way we can help those people who lose their job in training, upskilling or reskilling. We will also look to other measures to see what way we can identify those jobs which are at risk and see what way we can try to maintain people in employment by bringing forward interventionist measures before people in vulnerable positions lose their jobs. That work is continuing with the social partners.

See this speech in context