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National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019): Joan Burton: ...proportion of those people who are now back at work face a serious risk of unemployment and families, individuals, towns and the whole country may again experience distress and hardship. We have the largest cloud hanging over the economy since the bank guarantee, NAMA, the collapse of the banks and the working out of that. I was part of the Government that had to take up the reins of...
Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (5 Feb 2008): Joan Burton: ...them to acquire transferable skills. There must be a significant focus on retraining and educational opportunities for such workers. Without further up-skilling, many of them will not be able to compete for jobs in expanding areas such as financial services and information technology or develop the specific skills required for NDP investment areas. The time for action on this is now,...

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