I am satisfied that the Government is mobilising all the means at its disposal to tackle the unemployment problem. In the first place macro-economic policy is designed to encourage business and investment, including new proposals in the Finance Act. In the case of my Department measures include the programme announced by me on 3 May in the document "Employment through Enterprise", the encouragement of local initiative through regional structures for enterprise, as well as improved active labour market measures.
As the Culliton report indicated, there are no simple policy actions that can ensure a quick solution to the problem of unemployment. I am confident, however, that the measures taken by the Government in the area of industrial policy and labour market measures will make a significant impact on the unemployment problem.