Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2018 Action Plan for Jobs will be published. [2744/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Action Plan for Jobs is one of the Government’s key instruments to support job creation. As of Quarter 3, 2017, employment in the State is almost 2,207,000. Over four out of five additional jobs created since the Government was formed are based outside Dublin.

While unemployment has fallen significantly and employment continues to grow strongly, this Government’s goal is to have an additional 200,000 people at work by 2020, including 135,000 jobs outside of Dublin.

In July 2017 the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation commenced the process to develop the Action Plan for Jobs 2018, receiving submissions from many stakeholders. Proposals for the 2018 Plan focus on new and more strategic actions that will have a significant impact on sustainable job creation.

The 2018 Action Plan for Jobs will be published in the coming weeks. I continue to work with Ministerial colleagues to ensure that the 2018 Plan is ambitious and impactful and keeps us on track to deliver on our 2020 targets.