Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government can choose to focus on a month here or there or some other time span to bolster its argument that change is happening and that we have turned the corner. In reality, however, when one looks at the two and a half year period in which the Government has been in office, the trend is clear. The figures are also clear when one examines initiatives such as the credit guarantee scheme. The Minister of States knows they have not been a success.

The Government has set itself a target of creating 100,000 net new jobs, but it has achieved only 3,800 to date. If it is to reach that threshold of 100,000, it will have to create 32,000 net new jobs every year until the end of its term. What are the plans it intends to put in place to achieve job creation levels of 32,000 per year for the next three years?

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