22 Nov Over 3000 jobs created since 2016 in Mayo

3,172 jobs have been created in Mayo since 2016 under Fine Gael, General Election candidate Alan Dillon has said.

The latest Labour Force Survey published by the Central Statistics Office shows that there are 2,327,000 people at work in Ireland today.

Mr Dillon said:

“The new figures show that there are 219,800 people at work in West. This is a 20% increase since 2016 or 36,900 jobs.

“Further Central Statistics Office figures indicate that the Live Register in Mayo for October 2019 has declined by 8.4% on an annual basis and 34% since this government was formed in 2016.

“The latest data shows that there are more than 53,000 more people at work since this time last year, with 1,000 jobs being created a week.

“There are over 2.3m people a week at work – surpassing the peak of 2007 by 74,700 jobs.

“The unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9%.

“The jobs recovery has been regionally balanced – with over 162,000 new jobs created outside of Dublin since the beginning of 2016. This accounts for over 6 out of every 10 new jobs.

“There is no room for complacency about the progress we have made.

“This is why the Fine Gael-led Government has developed Future Jobs Ireland, a whole-of Government plan to secure Ireland’s economic success.

“That is why we have signed the National Broadband Plan contract. With high speed broadband, we will ensure that 1.1 million people, almost a quarter of our population, will not be left behind. It will now be possible for rural Ireland to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented by the digital economy and it makes remote working possible.

“The strategy is about responding to the changing world of work ensuring that our economy is future-proofed,” Alan Dillon concluded.