Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that, I just wanted to know the figure. There was some discussion that the figure ought to be a little higher but I will not push the Taoiseach on that. I raise this because I heard the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, make the same point that unemployment is falling, which is an excellent thing, and there is a job for everyone who wants one. That really annoys people in regions where the unemployment level is not coming down at the same rate. I come from Donegal, for which the Central Statistics Office gives an unemployment rate that is about 5% higher than the national average. When we do reach full employment, that will not mean that there is a job for everyone who wants one. I am asking the Taoiseach to be cautious about that because it stigmatises or attempts to label people in more isolated communities where the economic recovery has not reached and where there are no job prospects for people.