Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

What the Taoiseach told the House, and what I confirm, is that it is expected there will about 2,000 jobs in water metering once that programme has been rolled out. The agencies which have responsibility for training will work in advance of that to prepare the courses and so on which will suit people on the live register who would be engaged in that work, but first we have to see the proposals from the water utility company.

That is not the only area where there are proposals for job creation in the economy. The Deputy will have seen the announcement that has been made by NAMA of an investment it is making of €2 billion, which is intended to create-----

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