Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

There has been much talk about a 12% unemployment rate. We had that years ago. During the boom time, the Celtic tiger era, unemployment in Donegal stood at 18%. When we called for the setting up of a forum like Farmleigh, nothing happened. There is no strategy.

Perhaps the Minister of State will outline how many tax exiles were at the Farmleigh event. Some of the people who were there, the greatest brains in Irish society, do not pay a penny in tax in this country.