Dáil debates
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
12:50 pm
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Unemployment has fallen throughout the country, which is welcome. However, the south east remains stubbornly higher than the rest of the country at 7.3% unemployment, 2.1% above the national average of 5.2%. That is 14,900 people out of work in the region up to the quarter at the end of September. There is a lot more work to be done. Waterford and the south east can act as a release valve for the overcrowding in Dublin. We have fantastic connectivity with the M9 and the M11. There is no doubt that a special emphasis is needed once again to improve this situation. The final pieces of the jigsaw for the south east are equality of healthcare and the technological university for the south east. I know a lot of work has been done previously to get the rate of unemployment down, so as I said, a special emphasis is required again.
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