Tourism and pig-processing job targets
Yates challenges the claimed tourism and pig-processing job opportunities, questioning their basis given the lack of precedent and the shrinking pig population. Brennan says these are opportunities identified through discussions with interested parties, not guaranteed jobs.
If the Minister of State is so confident of these job targets, will he explain how 25,000 jobs are going to be created in tourism when there has been no such precedent for the creation of such a number of jobs and how the job target for the pig processing industry can be justified especially when we consider that there has been a rapid reduction in the pig population in this country?
Comment on this
I am repeating many of the items contained in the Programme for National Recovery. A series of extra job opportunities have been identified. I want to stress to the House.
Comment on this
Obviously, in preparing the plan we held discussions with representatives of the employers, the trade union movement and other interested parties. These are job opportunities and I am not prepared to come into this House and guarantee absolute delivery in each case.
