Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Five hundred million euro was provided in this budget to assist small businesses in making progress in that regard.

I do not accept the same old assertions from Deputies Higgins and Boyd Barrett. We have listened to the gramophone record until it is played out. They never have any constructive suggestion of any description. I invite them to demonstrate where 100, 50 or even ten jobs could be created for young people, as distinct from the rant that they normally go on with and their illusion about huge wealth taxes sorting out the problems that this Government inherited. We are not afraid of those problems and are making steady progress in the right direction, although we still have a long way to go. A constructive contribution from the two gentlemen would be very welcome and very well received.

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