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

Up to 300 additional farms are connected every week. The number of premises served has increased from 52% on the day this Government came to office only 14 months ago to 67%. It will be 77% at the end of the year.

One statistic the Deputy may be interested in is the extent to which employment is increasing in all parts of the country. There is a perception that there is not an increase in employment in all counties. However, there is such an increase.

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