Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The consequences are the figures provided to us for the live register. Although the Taoiseach has not told us the figure, the January statistic was in the order of 436,000 and he has indicated the current figure is around the same. The Taoiseach has said the matter has stabilised. I will tell him how stable it is for somebody who has lost a job. Some 340 people on average have lost their job every day since the Taoiseach entered office.

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