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‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Tipperary town jobs task force

Summary

Deputy McGrath pressed for action on the promised jobs task force for Tipperary town and criticised a Ministerial visit as stage-managed. The Tánaiste said Ministers visiting the constituency was not bizarre, and the exchange turned into a brief partisan back-and-forth.

On a more mundane matter, I will bring the discussion back to Tipperary town. The Tánaiste is well aware of it and we will stay away from Nicaragua and such places. The Taoiseach promised a jobs task force and groups such as Jobs for Tipp and March for Tipp have harnessed great energy and have worked very hard there. There will be a Fine Gael bandwagon there tomorrow with two Ministers on a jobs show, rounding up 900 unfortunate jobseekers and bringing them in to give them the same advice that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is paying Turas Nua to give. Will Fine Gael get real about Tipperary town and the people of Tipperary? It left Fine Gael with no Teachta Dála the last time. Is there any wonder why it did not? This is a stunt by election candidates tomorrow instead of meaningful engagement with the people of Tipperary town. It is nothing short of a disgrace. It is a blueshirt cabal and it is disgraceful. Answer the question about the task force. The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy English, has refused to meet Jobs for Tipp even though he promised us that he would. This is an election stunt, it is sickening for the people of Tipperary and they will not stand for it.

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Do we know anything about Jobs for Tipp?

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The Tánaiste knows plenty about it.

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Simon Coveney The Tánaiste Fine Gael

It sounds like the Deputy does not want Ministers to visit his constituency which is bizarre to put it mildly.

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I want them to come and engage.

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The Deputy jumped into a photo with the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy.

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