Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

-----decision is in the area of the indigenous economy in small and medium enterprises. We have deliberately and consciously set out to protect the lower paid in this area with exemptions, the removal from the universal social charge, the restoration of the minimum wage and by giving facilities and incentives to employers to take on new employees and to make it easier for them to do their business by keeping on their current employees.

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