Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

The House will adjourn today until the end of September. The Government will remain unaccountable to the people through the Dáil and the Seanad, yet the major issues facing the country remain to be dealt with and intensify. All one has to do is look at the headline in The Irish Times today, which states, "120,000 expected to emigrate by end of 2011, says report". We speak about developing a smart economy yet we preside over this level of emigration. The Government is in denial about the serious problems affecting the country.