Austin Deasy
Question:58 Mr. Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will give details of the recently announced initiative to bolster employment in Waterford. [12582/01]
Written Answers - Job Creation.
I am conscious that in recent years Waterford has not had as much success as other major urban centres within the state in attracting and developing modern high tech industry. I therefore decided to establish a group to develop a vision of the city as a thriving centre for high tech manufacturing and service industries and to make recommendations as to the steps needed at local, regional and national level to achieve it.
The group, which is representative of a broad range of interests in Waterford, has now been appointed. It will develop a vision for the development of Waterford over the next decade and make recommendations as to the steps necessary to achieve it with particular emphasis on: Identifying local and regional resources that can be harnessed and developed to make Waterford attractive both for inward investment and as a centre for indigenous enterprise; identifying significant blockages to development in the city and making recommendations as to how such blockages can be overcome; and formulating a strategy that will harness the active support of the entire community for the promotion of quality employment in Waterford in conjunction with the development agencies.
I have asked the group to report to me by the end of July.
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