Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 January 2013
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the distinct actions contained in the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 that have been delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3306/13]
View answerThe Action Plan for Jobs contained over 270 individual actions to be delivered in 2012, spanning all Government Departments and 36 State Agencies. The 270 actions are broken down further into approximately 480 Quarterly milestones or “measures” which are reported on at the end of each Quarter. These Quarterly Progress Reports are published on my Department’s website, www.enterprise.gov.ie.
The most recent Progress Report published covered the Third Quarter of 2012. It indicated that 218 (96%) of the 227 quarterly milestones to be achieved in the first three Quarters of 2012 had been delivered, with nine actions oustanding.
The Progress Report for the fourth Quarter of 2012 is due to be published shortly. I anticipate that it will show a continued high success rate in delivering the quarterly milestones and will confirm that over 90% of the 270 actions under the Action Plan were implemented in full last year.
The process of robustly and rigorously monitoring the implementation of the Action Plan for Jobs is a unique feature of the Government’s approach to the process of supporting job creation. It has ensured that all Ministers have remained focused on putting jobs at the heart of the Government’s agenda. This process will continue in 2013 in relation to the 2013 Action Plan for Jobs which will be published in the coming weeks.
Any actions which were not delivered from the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs will, where appropriate, be progressed in 2013 or replaced with alternative actions.
