Action Plan for Jobs 2015 Launched

The Government published the Action Plan for Jobs 2015, the next step in the multi-annual process aimed at delivering full employment by 2018.

The Plan is the fourth annual plan in a multi-year process which started in early 2012, and sets out in detail the 382 actions to be taken by 16 Government Departments and over 60 State Agencies during 2015 to support job-creation, with deadlines and lead responsibility assigned.

A central focus is on activation of the unemplyed. The focus of the Pathways to Work strategy this year is to ensure that the increase in employment generated by the actions under this Plan translates into a reduction in the number of people dependent on jobseeker payments and in particular those who are in long-term receipt of jobseeker payments. The objectives for 2015 are to roll-out the Employment and Youth Activation Charter, begin the new account management approach to employers, roll-out JobPath, continue to roll-out the Youth Guarantee initiatives, and introduce a Back to Work Family Dividend. The plan can be downloaded from http://www.djei.ie/publications/2015APJ.pdf