Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance

7:50 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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That is very revealing. One can conclude, therefore, that the supposed increase in employment, which, oddly, is not matched by significant increases in growth, could very well have something to do with how people are being categorised as either employed or unemployed, with people on schemes or internships putting themselves in the latter category.