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

In any case, I refer to the horrific statistics the Minister of State has now given for the unemployed. Anything greater than a quarter of a million is horrific, as would be a number a lot less than that. However, were one to add to that the 158,600 people net who have emigrated since 2008, the 100,000 people on so-called labour activation schemes, as well as other categories that are not included in the live register, does the Minister of State not agree that we still have a massive crisis of people who are forcibly unemployed, who are suffering as a result of the austerity policies and that a change of policy to massive investment is needed for the job creation that is essential in this society?

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