Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Minister can talk all day and night but there is an embargo on jobs in the Údarás. I am disappointed the Minister has not spoken to the Minister for Finance about this matter. How many jobs have been lost because of this embargo? This is discrimination against the Údarás and the Gaeltacht areas because the same embargo that applied to IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland was lifted. I demand this embargo against the Údarás be lifted immediately. It is wrong because the Gaeltacht areas badly need jobs and job creation programmes. The Údarás claims it can create jobs but because of the embargo it cannot. Will the Minister speak to the Minister for Finance to have this embargo lifted?

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