Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some of them are significant employers in Ireland. For instance, I visited Intel recently with the Tánaiste and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. It spent €5 billion in employing 5,000 construction workers for the last two and a half years in preparing its fabrication plant. It understands very well what is happening on the ground, as do the workers.

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