Gaeltacht areas experiencing consistent employment growth – Kyne

“Gaeltacht areas are experiencing consistent employment growth and the focus of this Government is to see that continue”, says Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sean Kyne.

“Údarás na Gaeltachta has released figures showing that by the end of last year, their client companies were employing a total of 7,682 people. This is thanks to consistent growth in Gaeltacht jobs over the last number of years. 737 new Údarás jobs were created last year, 271 of them in the Galway Gaeltacht. This is the highest increase in new jobs in five years.

“Thankfully 92% of the total Údarás jobs created were full time positions.

“There is a perception that the economic recovery is only taking place on the East Coast. Actually the recent CSO figures show that unemployment dropped by 20% across County Galway since the launch of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs almost three years ago. Galway city has seen the Live Register decrease by 24% in that time. There is a lot more work to be done in this area and our Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton, is committed ensuring continued growth in regional employment.

“Údarás na Gaeltachta play a big role in this and I am delighted to see them publish such healthy jobs figures for last year.”