Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Tánaiste is probably aware, the south east is the only region not meeting the Action Plan for Jobs target of bringing unemployment to within 1% of the national average. Within the south east, Wexford is performing worst of all the counties. In 2015, only 2.4% of the net IDA Ireland supported jobs created were in the south east despite the region making up almost 11% of the population. In 2016, the figure was 5.7%, which is still well short of 10.7%. The figures for Wexford are probably the worst in the country. Does the Minister have any direct action plans to deal with Wexford itself or will it continue to be lost in an underperforming south-east region?

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