Pictured at the launch are Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, Colm Sorensen, Managing Director Butlers Chocolates, Tánaiste Joan Burton and Minister of State for New Communities, Culture and Equality Aodhan O'Riordan
The Government today launched the Dublin Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at delivering 10-15% employment growth in the capital over the coming years.
The Plan is the final of 8 regional jobs plans published over recent months, as part of a new €250million regional jobs strategy led by Jobs Minister Richard Bruton.
Following several difficult years since the crash, employment in Dublin has returned to growth, with over 64,000 extra people at work in the region since we launched our Action Plan for Jobs in 2012. During the years 2008-2011, 90,000 jobs were lost in Dublin.
Tánaiste Joan Burton said:
As our capital city, Dublin has a key role to play in driving Ireland’s economic growth. It has a dynamic energy and diversity that has enabled it to punch above its weight in an international context. Yet we know that the region faces its own challenges. So it’s essential that we respond to those challenges in a way that continues to drive up employment and opportunities across the Dublin region.
Minister Bruton said:
Getting the jobs market right in Dublin is crucial to our overall economic health as a country. The city suffered badly during the crash, with 90,000 jobs lost, but we have made up major ground since we launched our Action Plan for Jobs, with 64,000 extra jobs created and around half of that growth coming in the exporting companies which my Department supports.
I am convinced that with the right support from Government through the Dublin Plan, we can keep the recovery going and create jobs right across the capital. In this way we can deliver 66,000 extra jobs over the coming years which will allow us to surpass the peak levels of employment seen during the boom, but this time on a sustainable basis – putting money back into communities and lives back on track right across the city.
Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe added:
These focused Action Plans are designed to identify the needs of each region across the country. There has been a drop of 26% in the Live Register figures in Dublin since 2012, but still too many people are unemployed. Through the policies set-out in the Dublin Action Plan for Jobs, which targets the creation of 66,000 additional new jobs, we will continue to get more people back to work, allowing for a better standard of living and a future that is more secure.
Read the Dublin Action Plan for Jobs here.
Read the full press release here.