Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I asked the Taoiseach to support Sinn Féin's proposals and, naturally, he dodged the issue. Will the Taoiseach tell us in detail whether he has proposals for Government-led investment? Does the Government have the type of projects or the willingness to get the money from the European Investment Bank and to take the money out of the National Pensions Reserve Fund to get our people back to work? I repeat the figure: nine citizens every hour. By the time we have finished Question Time a further 18 young people will have left the State. That is a disgrace and it is a shame on the Taoiseach, his Government and his Labour Party colleagues.

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