State falling behind in smarter job creation, EU finds

Ireland is falling behind other EU countries in the drive towards smarter job creation — the area the Government has earmarked for the country’s recovery.

The country has maintained spending on research and development despite the crisis, but Irish-owned small and medium sized businesses are not as involved as they should be.

Research commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn warned that investment was key to creating more and better jobs, “not just more, but smarter investment”.