Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is why the Government did not tax employment by increasing income tax or placing additional taxes on work. People can now plan their lives more clearly. I would like to think that if we can continue economic good progress during 2013, we will get the assistance committed to us from our European colleagues, which will make the country more attractive for investment and job creation. There will be greater access to credit for the small and medium-size enterprises with the consequent job creation prospects for hundreds of thousands of people who deserve jobs. That is where the focus of the Government will be.

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