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 doubling of long-term unemployment, which must be urgently tackled by the Government, with official figures showing that 112,600 people had been out of work for a year or more up to the end of March, 40% of the those on the dole, with Ireland's unemployment rate of 12.3% standing at 3.1% above the EU average.

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