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The Government today announced details of its 5-year, €250million strategy aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country. 
Action Plan for Jobs – Regional will support agencies and organisations within each region to build on the particular strengths and assets of their area and drive new job-creation strategies and projects. 

The strategy sets out lists of actions with timelines and responsibility. Jobs Minister Richard Bruton will lead the plan, which will include three main elements: 

•   Each of the 8 regions will develop its own Action Plan. There will be an Enterprise Ireland or IDA Ireland official in each region with responsibility for the plan. The first plan will be published in the coming weeks for the Midlands, with 6 plans published by July and all 8 in place by Q3 
•   Up to €100million in Enterprise Ireland funding will be made available over 5 years through a series of competitive calls looking for regional projects with the best prospects for job creation. The first tranche of €50million will be made available from 2015. 
•   IDA Ireland will roll out a 5-year €150million capital investment programme to help attract more multinational jobs into each region. This programme will include investments over the coming years in building advance manufacturing and office facilities in Sligo, Tralee, Castlebar, Galway, Dundalk, Limerick, Athlone, Carlow and Waterford. 

Read the full press release here for more information.