Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree there can be value in this project. I am not arguing that point. Sinn Féin welcomes and supports this project. We do not believe it should be a supplement for what should be happening in the banking industry but we see the value in it. The question I asked, and which the Minister has not been able to answer, is how many new jobs have been created in the ten months of this scheme. He said 116 jobs have been supported but these are jobs which could very well have been in existence.

The Minister of State may not have the answer today but, in future, we would like-----

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