Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Taoiseach for his preliminary detailed answer. He might have covered the point I am going to ask about. If so, mea culpa. When I last asked about the Green IFSC, the Taoiseach reported that a marketing and business plan, including the proposed establishment of a Government-supported carbon market initiative, was being reviewed by an independent, cross-departmental evaluation group. Does it report to the clearing house group? If so, how often?

The Taoiseach quite rightly reminded us that last July the IFSC set out a plan, which he launched, to create 10,000 new jobs in the finance sector over the next five years. Unfortunately, we heard about 2,500 jobs being lost in Allied Irish Banks. There is speculation about further job losses in the Bank of Ireland, and Ulster Bank has announced 950 losses. Cá bhfuil na pleananna atá curtha le chéile ag an Rialtas chun jabanna eile a chur ar fáil do na daoine a chaill a bpostanna? Tá a fhois ag an Taoiseach go bhfuil daoine óga i gceist agus go minic bíonn morgáistí móra acu. An bhfuil aon phlean ag an Rialtas chun jabanna a chur ar fáil?

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