Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There was good news yesterday on the jobs front in terms of the increasing number of jobs, but I understand the Deputy's anxiety about seeing the dividend spread to every part of the country. The heads of the legislation that the Deputy referred to were, if my memory serves me correctly, introduced to Cabinet around September. Therefore, I anticipate that this Bill will be before the House in the first half of next year.

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