Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would think that people have found it very hard since about 2008. The people who have been hit hardest are the people who lost their jobs. The second category who were hit hardest are the people who were forced to emigrate and their families left at home who miss the company of their adult children. The Government has decided that the proceeds of the recovery will be dedicated to growing the economy and creating jobs so that we would address first the problems of those who are hit hardest. However, that is not to take away from the validity of what the Deputy says, that a great number of people have sacrificed an awful lot.