Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We allocate the same amount of time to everybody. Parties choose their speakers. If somebody speaks twice, they are more than welcome. I want to make that point because there are people watching. I have a meeting with the Taoiseach shortly that I cannot avoid so I will have to leave but with permission I have two quick questions for the ESRI. It has said that the workforce in Northern Ireland has very low productivity compared to the workforce in the South. At the same time the unemployment rate, from what I read and if it is accurate, is less than 3%. I am trying to understand what it actually means for everybody to be in employment if the jobs are not adequate in terms of high skills requirements or whatever. What is at the core of all of that?