Bringing emigrants home ‘central’ to Government’s Action Plan for Jobs 2016

Bringing tens of thousands of emigrants home to work is central to the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs 2016.

However, Tánaiste Joan Burton has conceded that some of these returning Irish may not be able to find jobs straight away.

As part of the fifth action plan launched yesterday by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and a number of ministers, the Government has promised to deliver 200,000 net jobs by 2020. This will bring the total number of people in employment to 2.18m.