Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

They are the latest figures available. Whose fault is it that 80,000 people left these shores last year, 80,000 the previous year and potentially many more? It is not my fault; it is the fault of the Government. The Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, and his colleagues are the ones at the steering wheel. The Minister is taking such decisions. While Fianna Fáil caused the economic crash, the Government has done nothing to protect or create jobs for young people or the young people who had to flee the country.

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