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Scapegoating of unemployed people by European Commission indefensible

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

In its draft 7th review of Ireland the European Commission is ignoring the key issue that jobs are not being created on the scale required and that the bailout process is failing to address both the employment and unemployment problems. 

Ireland has one of the highest rates of young people not in employment, education or training in Europe

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

A new report by Eurofound shows how Ireland has one of the highest rates of NEETS in Europe at 22%. Greece has the highest at 35.9%, Bulgaria 24.6% AND Spain has 21.1%.  NEETS are young people aged 15 – 29 who are not in education, employment or training. 

Young People not in Employment, Education or Training

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

A report by Eurofound examining' NEETS' in Europe.  NEETS are young people aged 15 – 29 who are not in education, employment or training.

Latest unemployment and GDP data shows Government policy NOT working

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

The latest figures published by the CSO paint a grim picture in terms of employment and growth in Ireland.  There has been an annual decrease in employment by 33,400 since Q2 2011 and a 1.3% increase in unemployment over the same period.

Ireland following OECD trend on employment income taxes but still low compared to most countries in 2011

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

The average tax and social security/insrance burden on employment incomes increased in 26 out of 34 OECD countries in 2011 according to the new OECD Taxing Wages publication.

Unemployment rising across the Euro area - Government policy of relying on export led growth and job creation unsustainable

Friday, 4 May 2012

Unemployment continues to rise across the EU as detailed in the latest figures from Eurostat. The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.9% in March 2012, compared with 9.9%

Unemployment continues to rise in EU - Ireland fourth worst out of 27 countries

Monday, 2 April 2012

Unemployment continues its steady rise in the EU.  Ireland's unemployent rate is the fourth worst of the 27 EU countries with only Spain, Greece and Portugal with higher levels.

New ‘Pathways to Work’ programme will not reduce unemployment

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Goes nowhere near the scale required to address long-term unemployent.

Action Plan for Jobs - 2012

Monday, 13 February 2012

There is no greater challenge facing Ireland than getting our people back to work. There have been over 300,000 job losses since a flawed economic model collapsed in 2008 and there are

Jobs Plan would still have 240,000 on the Live Register in 2020

Monday, 13 February 2012

The Irish Government’s ‘Action Plan for Jobs - 2012‘ contains more than 270 actions, identifies the Government Departments and agencies responsible for implementing each of these, and sets ou