Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister's willingness to do so as we have put forward a detailed programme that focuses on key arteries that are vital to long-term competitiveness, like the communications and power networks. The Minister has indicated we have strategies to protect jobs but if we are seeing an attrition rate of 1,000 jobs lost per day, it does not sound like the strategies are very effective. Is the Minister considering specific proposals designed to help employers get through a very difficult period and protect jobs in the short term?

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