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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Irish Emigrants. Emigration figures in the Minister’s speech
Summary
O’Leary challenged the Minister’s account of emigration in a speech in Los Angeles; the Minister said Ireland’s image abroad was that of a confident, developing country.
The Minister made the point that the Government would not be responsible for press reports, but in his acknowledgment that net emigration may be above 9,000 this year will he ensure that the text of his own speeches acknowledges this fact? In the text, so thoughtfully provided for Deputies in the bulletin issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, of his address to Los Angeles Institute of World Affairs he gave the remarkable news that emigration ceased with the advent of the new Government here.
