Bruton says no to dedicated jobs plan for Kerry

A Kerry Fine Gael TD has been told by his party colleague Richard Bruton, the jobs minister, that his county cannot have a dedicated jobs plan.

Deputy Brendan Griffin asked Mr Bruton for a plan “similar to the one in place for the South East” to be put in place for Co Kerry “in view of the economic crisis in the county”.

He said there had been “total lack of foreign direct investment” in the county in recent years, a number of large employers had been lost without a Government- led response, and the county was suffering a significant unemployment and emigration problem.