Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for attending and for their excellent presentation. When reading newspapers, I always find the comments by Chambers Ireland interesting. I appreciate those observations.

I agree with our guests regarding the action plan for jobs. It is aspirational and the high-profile announcements are deflecting attention away from the facts that more than 400,000 people are on the live register and 87,000 emigrated last year. As an Opposition party, Fianna Fáil must be more vigilant in our tracking. When one hears about 100 jobs here or 200 jobs there, it is good news and one could believe that everything was rosy.