Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the 2012 targets set for his Department for implementation of the Jobs Action Plan; if he will report on the attainment or otherwise of these targets; the reason targets were not met; the steps he is taking within his Department to create new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1287/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Government is responding to the challenge of the jobs crises in Ireland right across the public policy spectrum, as encapsulated first in the jobs initiative and now in the Action Plan on Jobs. The aim is to identify those actions each area of Government can take to improve and sustain job creation.

In some areas this involves direct action and job creation, such as through the enterprise agencies under the aegis my colleague the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, or through capital investment in key infrastructure such as transport and school buildings. In other areas, such as in the area of public sector reform, it involves improving procedures, systems and service delivery in an overall effort to enhance competitiveness and reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.

As far as the plans for new jobs in 2013 is concerned the Government's further plans for job creation will be set out in the 2013 Action Plan for Jobs which will be published in the coming weeks.