Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is important. When the CEO of Glen Dimplex spoke at the jobs committee recently, he referred to difficulties associated with Australia being so far away. He was talking about children going abroad. Around 1 million jobs are available in Germany. That never comes on the radar, even though Germany is just 2 or 3 hours from Dublin and the rest of Ireland. Why do people not emigrate to Germany? Is it simply a question of the language barrier? I ask Ms McAleer to comment on that.

We have heard about how difficult it can be to settle in a new country. What is Ms McAleer's view on the level of support that new emigrants receive from the Government? Could the embassies be doing more to assist them? In what way could they be of assistance? My party colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, recently brought out a report about his meeting with Australian trade unions.