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About LinkBacksSinn Féin's Gerry Kelly is on the BBC saying that creating 6,5000 new jobs by 2011 is an "ambitious" target.
Is it really that ambitious to create so few new jobs in four years? In the South we're creating tens of thousands of new jobs every year.
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly is on the BBC saying that creating 6,5000 new jobs by 2011 is an "ambitious" target.
Is it really that ambitious to create so few new jobs in four years? In the South we're creating tens of thousands of new jobs every year.
In what? Public administration? Politicians don't create (private sector) jobs, they merely create the political and legislative circumstances in which free enterprise can grow and take on staff when necessary.
PS: Have a re-read of the thread title. It may need refinement.
Private profit for public gain!
Have you added an extra zero or misplaced the comma? Just so I can get an idea of what you mean - 6,500 over the next 5 years or 65,000.
No, 6,500 is the figure.Originally Posted by johnfás
Maybe he meant per year.
Is there any chance that these are 6,500 jobs as driving testers to clear the backlog down here?
Even 6,500 per year wouldn`t strike me as being overly ambitious in all seriousness. Was he talking about all sectors of the economy or in government aided multinationals or what?
That's equivalent to about 15,500 jobs being created per year in the ROI. That's a labour market growth rate of about 0.8% here. Considering we saw 3.8% growth in the labour market here in the first quarter, it's a little conservative.No, 6,500 is the figure.
Private profit for public gain!
Indeed, it is a very staid rate of jobs market growth. Considering that the north of the island out-performs other regions in the UK in terms of economic and educational achievement, Mr Kelly should have more confidence in the future outlook of employment trends in the north-east.
Private profit for public gain!
What about job losses?
I dont see any incoming infastructure into the north apart from in Belfast.
Jobs relocating in Belfast could be considered new jobs, im sick of the media trying to tell us in the north that everything is great, i know lots of people who have lost their job, i lose mine in 2 weeks when the factory closes, the average wage in the north is terrible, houses are completely unaffordable and were going to get taxed more and more while inflation goes up.
There has never been so little jobs available in my life as there is now, people are having to turn to benefits thats why things like DLA claims are going through the roof.
I hope hes right that these jobs can be created, even if they are they arnt going to fill the gap.
Really?
I was under the impression that northern ireland has the smallest economy of all UK regions.
I know weve got the crap end of the stick in Ireland, and the highest education.
Somethings messed up
Border Midland & Western Ireland (1.1 million) €23,637 GVA per person
Southern & Eastern Ireland (3 million) €35,725 GVA per person
Northern Ireland (1.7 million) €19,603 per person
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The local builders are laying fo the brickies - downturn ahead. perhaps it is more call centres for us.
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