CSO DATA FOR DECEMBER DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED RECOVERY AND INCREASED JOBS - KENNY

Posted on January 8, 2015 5:01 PM   |   Permanent Link   

Local Labour TD Sean Kenny has welcomed a further drop in Live Register figures, which show a steady decline in unemployment since early 2012.

"The latest CSO figures indicate unemployment continues to fall steadily with the rate dropping to a little over 9% in the past year. Across the area for which I was elected, Dublin North East, there were 9167 on the Live Register in December 2013 and 8373 people on the Live Register in December of this year. That is a drop of just below 9%, which is excellent news and shows consistent and steady improvement from last month's figures and demonstrates that economic improvement is bedding in."

"While the national economy is showing signs of recovery, and the local economy is also, I am determined to see that this trend translates into real jobs across the Northside of Dublin. This area was badly hit during the recession and the reality is that many young people have emigrated. As things turn around, targeted action is particularly needed to encourage young jobseekers to take up the many career-focused training schemes on offer, so that they can acquire the skills they need to get the jobs they want. We also need to make sure that there are jobs on offer to those who are ready and able to take them up, and jobs for people who have already completed training schemes."

"People need to feel they have a future, opportunities and career progression in Ireland, and that is why I support the further roll out of the Youth Guarantee, in which Labour played the major role in bringing to fruition, on a national level as soon as possible. There are still unemployment 'blackspots' on the Northside which never saw the benefits of the economic boom, and where problems of long-term structural unemployment were never addressed by previous governments."

"Having come through a very difficult recession, all of us, at Government and local level, must focus on getting our unemployed people back to work. I look forward to working on the progress that's being made and where possible look at new channels that could lead to jobseekers finding work."