€2,000 -what a 1% reduction would save on average in annual interest payments for a family with a €200,000 mortgage if the government had taken action on interest rates. €340 million -the subsidy paid by the State per annum to private landlords to house rent supplement recipients. 200,000 -the number of young people who have emigrated since 2010.
supportive of direct government control of the economy, e.g. price control or minimum wages