O'Dea: Measures to ease jobs crisis 'an afterthought'

Fianna Fáil jobs spokesperson Willie O’Dea has said that measures announced in today's Budget targeted at reducing unemployment will fail to make a meaningful impact and amount to a tinkering around the edges of the jobs crisis facing the country.

He added that measures aimed at dealing with the jobs crisis appear to have been "an afterthought" on Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin's behalf.