Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure Senator Cullinane that Waterford will be next. It is worth reminding the House that 1.93 million people are currently at work and there was an overall increase in employment of 1.5% in the past 12 months. The current unemployment rate is 10.6% which is down, thankfully, from 15.1% in February 2012. The long-term unemployment rate is 6.4%, down from 8.1%. A total of 245,500 people are unemployed, which is down from 300,700.