New Government initiative sees major employers pledging at least 50% of their interview candidates will be from the Live Register.

A new visa scheme, officially launched today, will make it easier for people to visit Ireland from the UK.

This week, it's unemployment rates, tax receipts and how August fared for retailers and manufacturing.

For the 27th month in a row, the numbers of those on the Live Register has dropped, with the monthly unemployment rate now 11.1%.

An independent report out this week shows that Skillnets, a state funded body for training and upskilling, is delivering its targets. And under budget too.

Education and alcoholic beverages rise in price while car registrations are up by 37.7%

 

Government Programmes

There are two complementary, Government-wide plans to tackle the jobs challenge:

APJ 2015Action Plan for Jobs
Find out how Government Departments and Agencies work together to improve conditions for creating jobs.


Pathways to Work

Check out the Government’s four-year strategy to radically reduce the number of people on the Live Register.