(From one of the links above)Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD today (Thursday 22nd February 2007) announced that VMware, the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, is to expand its EMEA Technical Support Centre in Ballincollig, Cork. VMware will extend the range of activities at the centre and create an additional 369 new positions, with the support of IDA Ireland.
The government took the eye off the ball post the 2001 liquidity splurge and let costs (of everything) get way out of hand, now the chickens are coming home to roost.
What's worst is these are high end jobs that are going and being replaced by burger flippers,pizza slicers and retail assistants.I saw figures the other day where the bottom 40% of workers are not even paying tax.
When stamp duty goes i'd love to know,where the money is going to come from !.
Is there evidence that there are currently net job losses, it was my understanding that job creation was still outstripping losses?.
IDA is primarily focused on foreign direct inward investment. Enterprise Ireland is primarily focused on helping indigenous Irish companies.This whole ida policy must be reviewed.
Personally i think they should help irish companies more.
Lower quality service jobs and unsustainable construction and public service positions are being created. Some high end jobs are being created but theres not many Irish people who will benefit from these jobs(google for instance imports best staff from across europe/world and low skilled workers have'nt qualifications to do such jobs). when jobs like procter and gamble go, where are all these low skilled workers gonna find similar employment? Our current economic success was built on high numbers employed in low skilled factories as well as in construction and high end jobs and service industry. Construction is slowing and will shed jobs as is the foreign multinational sector.It doesn't make sense that they are low quality jobs that are being created, those low quality jobs are finding low cost economies. The quality of the Motorola jobs is hugely overhyped. They were good jobs but the market is moving a lot of software production jobs to China, India and parts of eastern Europe. The driver for the closer is primarily poor company performance.
I have no doubt that we have fewer of the competitive advantages for being the automatic choice as a corporate european base than we had 7- 10 years ago but there still is a sales pitch. A number of It firms recently announced large investments which is a positive sign.
What we will have to accept is that the aspect of the "quality" of jobs that is reducing is job security. More and more jobs and companies will come and go with greater ease and frequency
IDA is primarily focused on foreign direct inward investment. Enterprise Ireland is primarily focused on helping indigenous Irish companies.
I also don't understand the logic of the IDA funding foreign companies that are in direct competition with indigenious irish companies.The well heeled professionals in the IDA/ENT IRL weren`t interested in helping small irish companies and visiting their workshops
Perhaps not. Maybe you can post details of the IDA and EI budgets so we can compare them?That may well be but there is no doubt where the big money was directed.
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