Ms Bríd O'Brien:

The long-term unemployment figure of 1% comes from the official definition of unemployment. That is the ILO one that you have to have been seeking work in the past four weeks and available for work in the next two weeks. It is useful to look beyond that figure. The data collected in the census concerns principal economic status. That figure tends to be higher. Likewise, looking at the potential additional labour force, there are people who did not answer "Yes" to one or both of those questions. The problem with exclusion from the labour market and people being distanced from it is often broader than that statistic. It is great to see it where it is but-----