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Action Plan for Jobs 2014 launched
Minister Richard Bruton, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore sign the wall at Wayra, where the launch was held
The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, today published the Action Plan for Jobs 2014.
The Plan builds on the more than 500 measures already implemented through Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013, and contains 385 actions to be implemented by all 16 Government Departments and 46 Agencies. Building on the 2013 Plan three new Disruptive Reform topics have been targeted in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Winning Overseas and Manufacturing.
The 2014 Plan aims to build on the significant progress which has occurred in job-creation since the first Action Plan was launched in February 2012, with more than 58,000 extra jobs added in the year to September 2013.
Launching the Plan, the Taoiseach said:
Creating new jobs is the top priority for Government. We recognise that too many people around the country still have yet to see evidence of recovery. This is why the Government has designated 2014 to be the year for jobs. Exiting the bailout was not an end in itself. We must use this freedom to create a sustainable economic recovery, to create more jobs and improve living standards.
The Tánaiste Eamonn Gilmore said:
When this Government came to office, we were losing 7000 jobs a month – now we are gaining 5000 per month. We can afford at this stage to be far more confident about our prospects than at any time since the crisis began.It is now time to focus on the future, on finishing the job of economic recovery, of creating jobs, and of building a better post-crisis Ireland. As part of that, we need to focus on supporting the construction industry which has gone from being overblown during the boom to being completelyundersized in its wake.
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton said:
Over the past two years we have been grinding out the reforms we need, and have implemented over 500 actions to improve our competitiveness, support Irish and multinational companies, and target sectors of potential. And we have seen the results – our competitiveness rankings are improving, our exports are growing, and we are now creating jobs faster than any other economy in the EU or the OECD.The plan is working. Many people are still not feeling the results, and we have a long way to go, but we are seeing real progress, and where previously we were shedding 1600 jobs per week we are now adding 1200 jobs per week.
Read the full press release here. Read the Taoiseach's full speech here. Read the Tánaiste's full speech here.Minister Brendan Howlin welcomes the Launch of Action Plan for Jobs 2014