Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister’s response. There was a fair bit of detail in it. We woke up to news this morning that there has been 2.2% growth and 3.8% growth has been forecast for the economy for next year, which is obviously very welcome. Yet, all of us in this Chamber will know, including the Minister and Ministers of State, that many small businesses in particular are at the pin of their collars when it comes to the costs of running their businesses. The Minister has a list of figures before him. I would appreciate it if in his response he could mention the figures for Cork city and Cork county-----

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