Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated unemployment rates per year until 2016. [11311/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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My Department's projected unemployment rates covering the period 2012-2015 are set out in the table below. These were published at Budget time, and as is the norm, will be revised in the Stability Programme Update which will be published at the end of this month. Projections beyond 2015 are not available. It is important to note that these are forecasts by the Department of Finance based on an assessment at a point in time and should not be seen as Government targets. As we have said repeatedly, Government will continue to put the jobs agenda at the core of policy and seek to improve the environment for sustainable job creation.