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Finance Minister Aiming For 23,000 Jobs For Rural Areas In Coming Years

The Finance Minister believes a focus on large-scale employers like factories will not aid in efforts to reduce unemployment in rural areas including West Clare.

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Minister Michael Noonan was speaking as the coalition launched its Action Plan on Jobs for the MidWest, a strategy which aims to deliver 23,000 jobs to the region in the coming years.

Part of this would see an increase of up to 40% in the number of Foreign Direct Investment projects, though the government has already been criticised because much of this has gone to Limerick to date.

Minister Noonan insists that a focus on agriculture and tourism is the best way of growing employment in West Clare.

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