Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

There are vacancies in this sector that cannot be filled. Some of them are being filled by people who are coming from other jurisdictions. That does not make sense at a time when we have a good pool of talented and educated people in the labour market who might not have the specific skills that are required in certain sectors. We should put transition programmes in place very close to the market to enable such people to get the jobs that are on offer.

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