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

If we look across the country there are problems with recruitment and retention in the public sector and the private sector, in big companies and small, and in well paid areas and in poorly paid areas. That is a feature of the fact that we do not just have full employment in Ireland we are now beyond full employment and there are many more vacancies than there are people with the skills to fill those jobs. What we can do about it? We can increase training and education so that more people have the appropriate skills, encourage people to enter the workforce who are not currently in the workforce, have better terms and conditions and provide work permits and work visas for people with skills to come here from overseas.

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