Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Why does Deputy Adams have such difficulty with the truth? Why does he get up and twist everything? We all know that there is a very big problem with youth unemployment in this country. That is why the Government has made tackling the jobs crisis - and youth unemployment, in particular - a priority. Happily, we are seeing some progress. At the height of the crisis in 2009, there were 83,000 young people unemployed. The figure is now down to 59,000.

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