Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has hit out at the Government’s lack of  job creation schemes and said that they are failing job seekers after the release of the latest 2012 Live Register figures from the CSO.

The figures show that the unemployment rate stands at 14.7%; it was 14.3% when the current Government took office in March 2011 on a platform that promised the delivery of thousands of new jobs.  The  CSO figures also highlight that the growth rate of  those in long-term unemployment( those signing on for more than year) has grown by  to 44.2% all unemployed; it was 40.8% a year ago.

Deputy Seán Crowe said:

“These latest CSO figures are frankly appalling, and track just how weak this government has been at creating real jobs. On a daily basis they are failing job seekers and  failing to deliver any hope for those stuck on the uneployment treadmill.

“The rate of unemployment has risen since the government took office in March 2011, and it now stands at 14.7%. When one considers the high rate of emigration we have witnessed during this time, to have an unemployment rate that is increasing, is a disgrace.

“In Tallaght  the amount on the live register has increased from 10,589, when the government took office in March 2011 on a platform of delivering thousands of jobs  to 12,152 in August 2012. The government’s policy of  cutting real jobs in the public sector and lack of any success in increasing investment in the private sector will add more to the  unemployment figures.

“This government’s lack of incentive and innovative solutions in creating jobs and reducing unemployment is a daily insult to the people of Ireland. Increasingly more and more are struggling to make ends meet, while the government continues to gamble by bailing out failed banks and bondholders with billions of Irish taxpayers hard earned euros.”