Create Jobs to Stop Emigration

Create Jobs to Stop Emigration










As the jobless figure reached a record high, Cork Sinn Féin activists held an event at Cork Airport this morning to highlight the plight of young people forced to emigrate in search of work.

Speaking afterwards, Cllr Jonathan O’Brien said the government must make job creation the number one national priority.

Cllr O’Brien stated: “Despite talk of recovery, the dole queues continue to lengthen. The recession is far from over for 450,000 unemployed. Young, educated workers who see no future in Ireland are leaving our shores every day, taking their skills and talent to build the economies of other countries. The government’s only response is to promise more cutbacks and throw good money after bad into the black hole that is Anglo-Irish Bank.” “Resolving the unemployment crisis must become a national priority. Sinn Féin has put forward a comprehensive set of proposals to retain and create jobs.These include- A €500 million youth jobs fund to create 20,000new jobs.Creating jobs through the construction of essential infrastructure – hospitals, schools, public transport networks and roll-out of broadband. ·

A new green technology body – Eolas Glás Éireann – for research, promotion and funding of green energy and environmental technologies.Introduce specific job-creation strategies in agri-food, tourism, digital media and IT.A €600 million job retention fund to subsidise workers in struggling small and medium businesses – with potential to save 96,000 jobs It is time to put a comprehensive job creation strategy in place and stop exporting our future. Our full job creation proposals can be accessed at www.sinnfein.ie.”

For further information contact Cllr Jonathan O’Brien @ 085-2133907