The government has set out over 270 actions to create 100,000 new Irish jobs by 2016

 

The goals set are of the new 100,000 jobs to be created 20,000 are targeted in manufacturing and 30,000 in internationally traded services with the balance of 50,000 coming from indirect spin-off jobs

 

The action plan notes that there is no greater challenge facing Ireland than getting people back to work.  The plan states the intention to make Ireland “the best small country in the world in which to do business by the centenary of the 1916 rising”.

 

For the Key Actions see here

 

The plan addresses seven principal areas:

 

 

1 Building competitive advantage – Innovation, Costs, Skills & Infrastructure

2 Supporting indigenous start‐ups

3 Assisting indigenous business to grow

4 Attracting inward entrepreneurial start‐ups

5 Developing and deepening the impact of FDI

6 Developing employment initiatives within the community

7 Exploiting sectoral opportunities, including;

 

Stressing the importance of action and implementation, the Taoiseach said he would “personally oversee” the implementation of the plan.

 

The action plan reiterates the governments main focus on restoring the Irish economy and  brings positive measures towards a sustainable recovery.