Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In the interests of taking some of the 430,000 people on the live register off the dole and encouraging employers to avail of this fund, which the Minister for Finance announced in this Budget Statement last December, will the Taoiseach give a commitment that inside one month he will stand by the Government's word and ensure the €36 million PRSI holiday for employers who take on new employees will be up and running? I support the Taoiseach on this and I would like the scheme to be realised and to be up and running halfway through the year. Will he see to it that the Government will implement this budget proposal?

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