GALWAY EMPLOYERS URGED TO AVAIL OF STATE INCENTIVES

Date Published: 26-Oct-2012

Galway employers are being urged to take advantage of the wide range of support services from the Department of Social Protection.

The advice comes at a difficult economic time for many employers, while CSO figures showing 22,290 people on the live register in the city and county.

Around 100 mostly Galway based business owners and managers took part in a employer briefing in the Meyrick Hotel in the city today.

The event was hosted by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton and involved talks on schemes such as JobBridge, and the PRSI incentive scheme.