The reduction of the airport tax to zero will bring in 1 million passengers, according to Ryanair, to which we look forward. I hope many of them 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 for 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.

We will be tracking how many.

We know that following the Haddington Road and Croke Park agreements, there is a moratorium on recruitment to many areas of the public sector; therefore, that sector will not provide jobs. Nonetheless, the Government will create the environment in which jobs can be provided. The County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 was before the House yesterday and the Senator was part of those discussions. This Bill will bring great value, with the expertise of Enterprise Ireland and the knowledge of the county and city enterprise boards being made available in a one-stop-shop to would-be entrepreneurs and individuals who want to start their own business. That is where the focus is being placed and that is why the budget is about jobs. It encourages those who are in business and those who wish to start their business.

We will talk about it again next week.

It is a very positive jobs budget and we asked the Leader yesterday if we would have a debate on the forthcoming jobs action plan that the Minister will produce for 2014.