Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is exactly what we are doing. This year we will put a focus on entrepreneurship, particularly youth entrepreneurship. Last year, we focused on women starting up their own businesses and we got a strong response to that. One cannot discount people who set up their own business and pretend these are not jobs. These are people working in the economy, creating wealth and opportunity. They have to be nurtured in the same way as people in paid employment taken on by established enterprises. They are both equally important and we try to develop them together.

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