Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Under the section in the programme for Government dealing with leadership on jobs and rural development, it is stated that the ultimate goal of Government is to deliver sustainable full employment and an extra 135,000 jobs outside Dublin were promised. Last week, the Central Statistics Office released figures showing that exports to Britain had fallen by €500 million. This is alarming but even more alarming is the fact that nearly all of the losses are in the food and drinks sector. Has the Cabinet any plan to come to the aid of many small businesses that are already struggling because of the Brexit vote?

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