Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

What is the Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs doing in reality, particularly given the fact that there were 14,000 fewer jobs in the second quarter of this year than in the first? Consumer spending is down and every element of the domestic economy is being hammered as a result of the Government's austerity policy. Has the Administration not learned the lesson that the domestic economy is being throttled by austerity?

Níor chuala mé freagra ón Taoiseach maidir leis an coiste a bhaineann leis an Ghaeltacht agus cúrsaí Gaeltachta. An féidir leis a rá linn céard iad na cruinnuithe a bhí ag an gcoiste úd le déanaí agus cén obair atá ar siúl maidir le fadhbanna na Gaeltachta, fadhbanna teanga agus fadhbanna fostaíochta, eacnamaíochta agus sóisialta?

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