Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and make its views known. If there is an opportunity for a debate in the House, we will have that. Minister Howlin, or Deputy Howlin - gabh mo leithscéal - is well aware of the foundation he partly put in place himself. Ireland has moved up nine places to the seventh most competitive economy. The Deputy beside Deputy Howlin, the former Minister for Social Protection, would be interested to know that the unemployment rate is down to 7.8% today, which I am sure is of interest to Deputies.

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