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

We are looking at it and taking it very seriously all the time. We have full employment now in Ireland - probably beyond full employment at this stage. There are more vacancies available than there are people with the skills to fill them. We see that in the public sector and the private sector. We see it in all parts of the country. We see it in jobs that are well paid and jobs that are poorly paid. It does challenge us to do a number of things: train more people, allow people with skills to come here with work permits or work visas and change the way we do things. If we are going to do more, we will have to be able to do it with fewer people, and that means embracing new technologies in particular.

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