Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They are not providing political solutions to the challenges we face. I wonder whether the Deputies have met many of these high-quality employees who provide a unique service to these companies that are extremely important to rural Ireland. If we look at the number of jobs in the regions, these companies provide more than 31,000 jobs in the west. More than 16 companies, as I said, are providing more than 5,500 jobs. These are, then, far from transitional jobs-----

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