Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The commitment is to continue to create an environment in which jobs are created and unemployment falls. That is happening. Unemployment continues to fall and is close to 6% at present. Long-term unemployment is approximately 3%. I doubt anybody thought five or six years ago that we would get long-term unemployment as low as 3% to 3.5%. Over 70% of jobs being created are outside Dublin, which is very positive. In Roscommon, specifically, since 2011 the unemployment rate has fallen by 34%, which is considerable.

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