Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not go into all the other issues. It is fair to say we recognise it is about putting in place a plan, but driving it. The officials in the Department and throughout the local authorities recognise that we must come at this with a sense of urgency. Members, including myself, flagged that this would happen, that it was coming down the tracks. It is here now. In my view, it is fixable. We will achieve that.

When we set a target of 100,00 jobs in the Action Plan for Jobs, commentators stated it could be done and it was laughed at. The target was not only achieved, but smashed. The process can work through the implementation of action by action with urgency as a major part.

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