I propose to take Questions Nos. 125, 732 and 734 together.
The Action Plan for Jobs 2012 is designed to have 100,000 more people in work by 2016 and 2 million people in work by 2020. The net 100,000 jobs over the next five years to 2016 will be created via direct jobs in manufacturing (20,000) and internationally traded services (30,000) plus an additional 50,000 indirect spin-off jobs.
A key commitment in my Department's Statement of Strategy 2011-2014 is to increase tourism numbers to 8 million by 2015. The Trade, Tourism and Investment Strategy of 2010 envisaged that this would result in an additional 15,000 directly employed in tourism.
Earlier this year I set out on my Department's website details of the progress that I and my Department have made since my appointment (http://www.dttas.ie/pressRelease.aspx?Id=503.) As regards employment, the latest CSO Quarterly Household Survey shows an increase in seasonally adjusted numbers in the accommodation and food services sector of around 8,700 in Quarter 1 of 2012 as compared to Quarter 1 of 2011.