State should 'aim higher' with new finance jobs plan

The Government's new plan to boost direct employment in the international financial services sector by nearly 14% over the next six years is not ambitious enough, according to a leading recruiter.

Hays Ireland managing director Mike McDonagh welcomed the 'Ireland for Finance' strategy as "a positive new vision for the Irish banking and finance sector", but said the country "can aim higher" and questioned if the Government was being ambitious enough with its plan.