A selection of the initiatives included in the Government's Action Plan for Jobs 2012:
- An examination of what structures and policies could be developed to make Ireland a world centre for managing and trading in intellectual property
- A €150 million Development Capital Scheme which will offer supports for small and medium-sized businesses with the potential to create jobs that are struggling to access credit
- Members of the Irish diaspora are to be offered a “finder’s fee” to attract inward investors to Ireland
- A request to Government Department and Agencies to identify, by next month, charges levied on business that can be frozen or reduced for 24 months
- The establishment of an International Digital Services Centre in Ireland to encourage technology firms to centralise their operations in Ireland
- The provision of business advisers with public sector knowledge to advise and help firms win more State procurement contracts
- The development of a Health Innovation Hub to encourage co-operation between the health system and businesses leading to the development of new technologies, products, services and companies
- The extension of the corporation tax exemption for start-up companies until 2014
- Support for research and development programmes with the objective that 740 companies are committed to R&D expenditure of more than €100,000 per annum
- The initiation of new and secure procedures for establishing wage setting mechanisms
- An examination of the feasibility of introducing a new structured and non judicial debt settlement and enforcement system to meet the needs of small and medium enterprises
- The development of attractive immigration arrangements to facilitate entrepreneurs from outside the EEA to establish businesses in Ireland through the Immigrant Investor Programme and the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme