John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

Again, I emphasise that these are primarily matters for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which is why I could not give exact figures to Deputy Tuffy. The suggestions made by all of the Deputies are very constructive ones. I will be happy to bring them to the attention of the Tánaiste. I agree that what the Deputy says makes sense. In the current economic downturn, we have to be innovative in the way we approach these matters to ensure people can carry out this sort of very valuable work and, as the Deputy says, merely supplement what is already there. This is not a means of replacing people and we need to emphasise that point.

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