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

Mr. John McCarthy:

The number is 35,000 for the first half of the year. In percentage terms, this indicates employment growth of some 1.5%. We have not had that since the bubble.