Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance

6:30 pm

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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They are in trouble of some kind when one considers the low growth rates and high unemployment levels across Europe. In many of the Mediterranean countries the problem is high levels of unemployment, including in particular youth unemployment. There is no doubt they are real problems.