Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Labour)

I welcome what the Minister is doing with very limited resources. We will get good value for money in penetrating the local economy, getting people back to work and giving light at the end of the tunnel to people who do not have hope. Those are the people who will have to leave this country taking their children with them. Emigration is devastating rural areas. This type of scheme has been broadly welcomed by communities. It is new and innovative. We are thinking outside of the box. We are doing the best we can in light of the limited resources available to us.

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