Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My implementation group for the south-west region deals with the regional action plan for jobs and it is why we have seen growth in jobs all across the country. I pay tribute to the work it does. On it working together there are industry partners, local employment offices, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and all the different educational bodies. We operate a regional plan and not a county plan. That is why the unemployment rate, on average, is at approximately 7.1%, with 190,000 people back at work since 2012.

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