Press Release- Jobless 'Recovery ' a Bitter Irony to the Unemployed

Jobless “Recovery” a Bitter Irony to the Unemployed
Sinn Féin Councillor Jonathan O’Brien said figures showing Ireland is technically out of recession will come as a bitter irony to the 444,900 people on the dole.

Cllr O’Brien stated:

“The government and the financial pundits claim the recession is over. This will come as a bitter irony to the 444,900 people on the dole – including 5,800 who have lost their jobs in the past month.”

“The government’s policies of austerity and cutbacks have only succeeded in depressing the economy further. While the political focus remains on the public finances and saving the banks, nothing is being done to create jobs. As a result, we now face a jobless “recovery” that will do nothing to ease the financial pressure felt by families across the country.”

“In the past two months over 12,000 people have signed on, while thousands more have emigrated. Fianna Fáil’s obsession with keeping a zombie bank afloat at Anglo Irish is squeezing the lifeblood out of the economy.”

“Ireland may have technically emerged from recession, with a growth of 2.7% in GDP but this is insignificant to the hundreds of thousands of Irish people on the Live Register today. There is no economic recovery when there is still an absence of jobs.

“It is about time that the Government realised that deflationary policies will cripple growth, retard job creation and leave us with out-dated infrastructure. Sinn Féin has put forward detailed policies on job creation with more than eighty individual recommendations. It is time to take real measures to stimulate the economy and reverse course on its failed policies.”

For further information contact Cllr Jonathan O’Brien @ 085-2133907