No urgency from Government on jobs - Gilmore

Posted on March 03, 2010 at 10:37 PM

With an impending reshuffle Leaders' Questions this morning in the Dail saw Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore demand the Taoiseach establish as part of that Government reshuffle a Minister with a dedicated responsibility for employment.

"There is an urgency in the employment issue and getting people back to work. From the Taoiseach's earlier reply, neither he nor any member of Government appears to appreciate or understand this urgency. We can only judge the Government's performance by results."

Eamon told the Taoiseach that the Government's policy on jobs is not working, we have record levels of unemployment and little or no action on the part of the Government to deal with it.

Watch Eamon on Leaders' Questions in the accompanying video and the full transcript of this morning is available on the Oireachtas website.

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