Raising Productivity

Productivity improvement runs through most of the work of the Department. We are seeking to drive up productivity by:

• improving work-relevant skills, including through upskilling the existing workforce, with a particular focus on skills in priority economic sectors;
• investing in research and development, supporting the introduction of more innovative practices and new technologies in the workplace;
• using dual market access to grow domestic exports and to attract highly productive Foreign Direct Investment;
• developing all-Ireland clusters in high-productivity sectors and delivering sectoral action plans for those sectors that have the greatest capacity to raise our export performance;
• working with partners to grow a more dynamic economy, with more entrepreneurship activity, particularly drawing on the potential of innovative products and practices;
• supporting leadership and management skills so business leaders recognise the value of investing in productivity; and
• improving the ability of businesses to access the finance they need to invest in productivity.