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31/01/2014
Govt To Pursue Opportunities To Boost Job Creation
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, TD, has said the Government will aggressively pursue new opportunities in emerging markets to boost job creation.
Speaking to Chartered Accountants Ireland at their annual event in the National Convention Centre, the Tánaiste said Irish exporters were driving the economic recovery, and that Ireland must now seek to expand and diversify its portfolio of trading partners to make sure that recovery is sustained.
The Tánaiste told the accountants' body that full employment by 2020 is the target all Government departments and State agencies are working towards, adding that more needs to be done to boost the domestic economy.
He said the Government is also targeting 12,000 additional jobs for the construction sector over the next three years.
The Tánaiste said: "Some of the fastest growing economies in the world are now in Africa, and China will soon be the largest economy in the world. We have to develop and maintain our existing trading links, but we also have to build new ones – not just because we want a share of that growth, but because we need to diversify the sources of our income.
"We must never again expose ourselves to a scenario where we are exclusively reliant on any one sector or market. As a country we are traditionally comfortable in the US, UK and European markets. Now we have to do more to build up a global footprint, led by diplomatic and cultural engagement, followed closely by trade."
The Tánaiste added that the expansion of Ireland's diplomatic network to eight new locations across South East Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe is specifically designed to support Irish trade and investment.
(CD/JP)
Speaking to Chartered Accountants Ireland at their annual event in the National Convention Centre, the Tánaiste said Irish exporters were driving the economic recovery, and that Ireland must now seek to expand and diversify its portfolio of trading partners to make sure that recovery is sustained.
The Tánaiste told the accountants' body that full employment by 2020 is the target all Government departments and State agencies are working towards, adding that more needs to be done to boost the domestic economy.
He said the Government is also targeting 12,000 additional jobs for the construction sector over the next three years.
The Tánaiste said: "Some of the fastest growing economies in the world are now in Africa, and China will soon be the largest economy in the world. We have to develop and maintain our existing trading links, but we also have to build new ones – not just because we want a share of that growth, but because we need to diversify the sources of our income.
"We must never again expose ourselves to a scenario where we are exclusively reliant on any one sector or market. As a country we are traditionally comfortable in the US, UK and European markets. Now we have to do more to build up a global footprint, led by diplomatic and cultural engagement, followed closely by trade."
The Tánaiste added that the expansion of Ireland's diplomatic network to eight new locations across South East Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe is specifically designed to support Irish trade and investment.
(CD/JP)
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