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Ireland launches action plan for jobs

Xinhua, February 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Ireland on Wednesday launched an action plan in a bid to create an additional 45,000 jobs in 2017.

The target is to achieve full employment and create an extra 200,000 jobs by 2020, according to the government.

There are nearly 190,000 more people employed now compared to when the first action plan was launched in 2012, surpassing the original target of an additional 100,000 jobs by 2016.

A significant consideration in drawing up the action plan for 2017 was Brexit and the changing global trading environment, the government said.

"We will remain vigilant to external changes with potentially significant implications for our economic well-being, and we will be agile in anticipating and responding to them," Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said at the launch ceremony.

Ireland's monthly unemployment figure for January 2017 is down to 7.1 percent from 8.5 percent in January 2016, the lowest since 2008.

Employment is up by an average 10.6 percent across the country and over 2 million people are now at work. Endit