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Anger over 'shocking' local jobless figures

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

LOCAL politicians have reacted angrily to recent figures which show a surge in unemployment.
Over 1,200 people under 25 years of age are now jobless in the Ballymun and Finglas areas.
The unemployment figures for Finglas and Ballymun for that age group are now higher than that of counties Meath and Roscommon combined.
Statistics also reveal that almost 900 more people are signing on in Finglas than in May 2007 to bring the total number of those registered in the area to 3,168.
Ballymun has seen a 12 per cent increase in people signing on over the last year.
Meanwhile, over 1,000 people have signed on in Blanchardstown since last summer, according to the live register.
The statistics indicate that 4,651 people are now on the dole in the Dublin 15 area as opposed to 3,401 in the summer of 2007.
Local TD Leo Varadkar (FG) pointed the figure of blame at the Government.
“The latest unemployment figures are shocking,” he said.
“The Government has lost control of both unemployment and the economy, with the latest live register showing a rise of 10,600 people in just one month and the seasonally adjusted figure now at 226,000.
“Ireland’s unemployment rate cannot be blamed on the global economic situation. At six per cent, we now have higher unemployment than the United States, Britain, Japan, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, for example.”
According to local Finglas councillor John Lyons (Lab), the unemployment rates mean more and more people will struggle to make ends meet.
“Hundreds of people are now finding it difficult to pay their mortgages and bills,” he told Northside People.
“If you consider, for example, that in February of this year alone four people a day lost their jobs in the Finglas area and the situation has worsened but still nothing has been done to address the situation.”
Local Fine Gael community activist Noel Rock believes the unemployment rate among the young generation will have a serious knock-on effect.
“The unemployment figures for those under 25-years-old represent a worrying trend of those who are struggling to find a job at a young age,” he said.
“When you consider the statistics in light of the fall in college funding and the student grants, you begin to realise that we are setting ourselves up for a big fall.”

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