Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are discordant voices talking about individual sectors. Let us take tourism, which is important to such counties as Kerry. Fáilte Ireland has reported that there are 5,000 net additional jobs in the sector since we set up the jobs initiative within 100 days of coming into office. These are measures to address the issues of poverty and joblessness, and our efforts are working demonstrably.

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