Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Unemployment is falling down here.  The motion notes that 14,000 people are in part-time work.  Only 200 of those 14,000 people are looking for extra hours.  Let us deal with reality when we set out the figures.  I am sad to acknowledge that a considerable number of people are leaving this country but the statistics show that 50% of those who leave the Republic are returning to the country from whence they came.

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