Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Rourke is hopeful, and that is fair enough, but this situation will depend on the nuts and bolts and active intervention, with a prioritisation of jobs and investment. There is a particular scenario when that number of people in an area come onto the jobs market at the one time. People can handle being out of work for a couple of weeks or months, but mortgage and finance pressures start kicking in by the third or fourth month. I wish to pinpoint that as an issue in Cork in the coming period.