Employers’ lobby group calls on Government to develop ‘overall strategy’ for €4bn sector
Ibec's Sharon Higgins said the Government will have to act urgently to address State-imposed cost increases identified in a recent report. Photograph: Naoise Culhane
The lobby group, which has campaigned in recent years to raise the profile of the Republic’s so-called “experience economy”, said in its latest economic assessment of the industry that its customer-facing aspect accounts for roughly 9 per cent of total employment in the State, or about 220,000 jobs.
Yet, the sector is in need of support against the backdrop of rising costs and labour shortages, Ibec said. Chiefly, it wants the Department of Enterprise to lead a co-ordinated effort across Government to deliver an “overall strategy” for the sector to ensure its “sustainable and economic development” across the State.
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