NO sponsored site
visits have been carried out by the IDA in Donegal
this year to date, it's been revealed.
Sinn Féin T.D., Pádraig MacLochlainn received
confirmation from the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise
and Innovation, Richard Bruton, that not a single
sponsored site visit had been carried out by the IDA
in the county in 2012.
He slated the revelation as "a damning indictment of
this government's lack of commitment to the people
of Donegal".
"Donegal had been worse hit than any other county
with over one-in-four workers unemployed. In some
Donegal parishes, unemployment is almost 40%.
Thousands have emigrated to Australia, Canada and
elsewhere," said Deputy MacLochlainn.
"In the Dáil chamber, a few weeks ago, I challenged
Minister Bruton to outline his government's plan for
job creation and job retention in Donegal. It was
clear that day from the response I received that
they have no plan but I didn't realise just how
awful their approach has been until I received this
latest confirmation that not a single sponsored site
visit has been carried out by the IDA in Donegal
this year to date."
Sinn Féin this week launched its jobs plan:
'Investing in Ireland's Future: Create Jobs- Create
Growth'.
“We have identified €13 billion which can be sourced
to create jobs, improve competitiveness and increase
productivity across the state. This would be funded
from the National Pension Reserve Fund, European
Investment Bank, incentivised investment from the
private pension sector and we would end the capital
spending cuts of this government including the
crucial A5 Donegal to Dublin dual carriageway,"
added Deputy MacLochlainn. |
