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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013): Damien English: Through no fault of our own and for whatever reason we are where we are. We need to accept that there will be a shortage of jobs for a couple of years. It should be okay to discuss emigration and support to emigrants. As I have mentioned previously at committees, we need to look to Europe. There are gaps in the market across Europe where jobs are available. There are even places in...
EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011): Damien English: ...therefore, it wold be good if were able to change some of its terms. As a result of the failings of the past couple of Governments led by one party, Fianna FÃ¡il, it is the case that, as they say, "We are where we are". We are in serious debt. Apart from the banking debt, to run this country for the next three or four years we need over â¬60 billion on top of the money we raise through...

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