Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note the confidence that is beginning to return is evident in the fact that 2,000 jobs a month are now being created and there were 16,000 individual start-ups last year. We need to build on that. Clearly, we are not at the level where we need to be, but it is heading in the right direction. I noted this morning reports from a number of organisations that business sees confidence beginning to return. Obviously, there is quite a distance to go and there are implications in terms of the challenges that other European countries face - for example, we see the difficulties that arose temporarily in Portugal last week and other countries in programmes are being challenged.

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