Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The CSO will outline the situation regarding the live register figures. There is evidence the labour market is stabilising and this is reflected in the most recent employment figures from the quarterly national household survey. As I stated yesterday, the publication of the October Exchequer returns reinforces the key message of the stabilising of the economy since tax was slightly ahead of expectations.

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