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THERE has been a welcome for official figures from Enterprise Ireland (EI) confirming that additional jobs were created by EI-supported companies in Kerry during 2015.
Some 316 additional new jobs have come on-stream over the past 12 months.
Welcoming the news, Kerry Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin said: “In Kerry, 4,678 people are employed in the 117 companies supported by the Department of Jobs, through Enterprise Ireland.
“These companies created 316 additional new jobs in Kerry in 2015, an increase of 7% on the previous year.
This job creation is having an important knock-on impact, he added. “For every job created in an EI supported company, it is estimated that one additional job is created elsewhere in the economy, so approximately 1,700 new jobs have been created through EI companies alone in Kerry since the Government was elected,” said Deputy Griffin.
"Other indicators also show that the economic recovery has firmly taken hold in Kerry, with the Kerry Live Register halfway back to boom time rates. The drop in the live register by approximately 6,000 in Kerry is one of the highest in the country and is now clearly evident on the ground in the form of increased commercial traffic on roads, busier shops and busier streets.”
Positive signs such as the huge jump in new car sales and commercial vehicle sales in Kerry all point to people having the money and confidence to spend and invest in the future, added Deputy Griffin.
"We have come a long way in Kerry and Ireland in the last five years and we still have a way to go. The key thing now is to keep the progress going so that every household will clearly feel the benefits of the recovery,” he said.
"The economic plan of the current government is working and I am hopeful we will be given the opportunity to finish the job and ensure a better life for every single family in Kerry and Ireland."