Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Emigration Statistics. Emigration figures and unemployment
Summary
Flynn cited a survey claiming 35,000 people had emigrated to Britain since the Coalition took office and forecast 50,000 by year-end, asking whether high emigration underlay the Government’s expectation of stabilising unemployment. Barrett said there were no facts supporting the figures.
Is the Minister aware that a survey carried out by The Irish Post in the last few weeks states conclusively that the numbers who emigrated to Great Britain since the Coalition took office total 35,000 and that they will reach 50,000 by the end of the year? Will he agree that the expectation of stabilising unemployment by the Government is based on the false assumption of a continuing high rate of emigration?
