James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to immediately intervene in the electricians' strike which is putting thousands of jobs throughout the country at risk at a time when the cost and terms of rising unemployment figures and social breakdown would be disastrous, with unemployment having reached 11.9%, the second highest level in Europe and 413,500 people signing on the live register and with the Taoiseach predicting 500,000 to be unemployed by the end of the year.

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