Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is also the whole issue of transfers. If one compares us with other European countries, some of which are more equal than us, we do pretty well on transfers. Our welfare payments are higher than they are in Northern Ireland, in Britain or in many other countries that have higher Gini scores than us. Where we are really falling down is on services - people on very low incomes having to pay for things they would not have to pay for in other countries - and employment. There is a high number of families in which nobody is working, compared with other countries. That is a big problem and no amount of welfare payments will compensate for good, well-paid jobs. I would like to hear people from the Deputy's party and her group talking a little bit more about jobs and job creation.

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