Wednesday, August 6, 2008

90% of new jobs go to foreigners

Cllr. Pat Whelan has called for the up-skilling of Irish workers after it emerged this week that 90% of new jobs created in the last 12 months were being filled by foreign nationals.

“This information from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) bucks the widely held belief, that many migrant workers will leave Ireland for other EU countries as our economy slows down, and that a large proportion of new jobs being created in Ireland will be taken up by the Irish workforce,” said Cllr. Whelan.

http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/articles/1/29488

1 comment:

Hail Ireland ! said...

This is a sickening statistic, we are in a recession and still we try to attract immigrants, when we should be closing the doors.