STRONG EMPLOYMENT DATA PROVES RECOVERY IS CONTINUING - KENNY

Posted on January 7, 2015 5:44 PM   |   Permanent Link   

Labour TD, Sean Kenny, has said that the Live Register figures released today demonstrate the continuing economic recovery.

"The Live Register figures that came out today show that unemployment has come down from 15.1% in February 2012 to 10.6% in December 2014. This is now the 30th straight month that unemployment figures have come down, and what that means is that people are going back to work after the worst economic recession to affect Ireland in many decades. I also welcome the continued fall in youth unemployment to 13.5%, which is significant in itself."

"The present Government, when it took office, stated that one of its core aims was getting people back to work. I think that today's figures demonstrate that the Government strategy of tackling unemployment, which has been to establish the Action Plan for Jobs and to set up the Pathways to Work strategy, is definitely succeeding."

"Having said that however, a job in itself is not enough - every job must be of good quality and pay a decent wage so that people can live in a society, not just merely survive in an economy and I would call on the Government to ensure that each new job that is created also pays decently and allows people to live."