Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions . Oral Answers . - Unemployment Assistance and Benefit . Employing unemployed people to repair roads
Summary
L'Estrange asked whether unemployed people in Donegal could be put to work filling potholes. The Ceann Comhairle called for relevance to the statistical question, and Moore cautioned against treating Donegal’s unemployment figures as a joke.
: Is the Minister of State aware that when Deputy O'Donoghue was Minister he promised publicly to put people to work——
Comment on this
: ——even if it was to dig holes and fill them again? Could he not now put the unemployed in Donegal to fill the potholes in every road——
Comment on this
: I asked if he would put the unemployed filling the potholes of Donegal because we cannot drive on those roads at present.
Comment on this
: The unemployment figures in Donegal should be treated responsibly by the Opposition. It is not a joke.