Deirdre Clune (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reduction of the airport tax to zero will bring in 1 million passengers, according to Ryanair, and we look forward to that. I hope many of those will come through Cork Airport. The stimulus initiative provided to the construction sector has been welcomed, and it will kick-start that sector. It was sought by Tom Parlon and others. The VAT rebate to be provided to householders is very imaginative and certainly will support jobs. In the past 12 months, 3,000 jobs per month have been created in the private sector.