Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance

6:15 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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It is in the domestic economy that jobs will increase. Will the Minister answer the question? This is my third time to ask it. Why is he projecting a rise in unemployment in 2015, giving a level of 12.8%, compared to the projection of 11.7% that was made last year, despite all the work the Government claims it has done on this?