Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Sinn Féin for putting down this motion as it gives Members on the government side an opportunity to highlight the positive actions taken by the Government since it came into office. While youth unemployment is unacceptably high at 30%, it is starting to fall, a welcome development. In the North of Ireland where Sinn Féin is in power, unemployment is rising with almost 24,000 young people out of work. Up to 25,000 people emigrated from the North of Ireland in 2012.

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