Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The only jobs policy I have seen from the Government is to crucify the pensioners by placing a 0.6% levy on them and putting the proceeds into some sort of mythical bucket elsewhere, which will produce jobs. The Government's second jobs policy is emigration. It is a kind of unsung Government hero because emigration sorts out unemployment in a highly negative and miserable way. It is not acceptable that this should be the safety valve for a Government which preaches that jobs and unemployment are one of the great problems of the economy.

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