Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Governmentís greatest success says IrishJobs.ie poll

An IrishJobs.ie survey on the General Election, Thursday 24th May, has revealed that 27% of respondents feel that Bertie Ahern is the politician in the current Dil who has done the best job. The politician who has done the worst job is deemed to be Mary Harney at 26% followed by Michael McDowell at 20%.

The greatest success of the current government is regarded as Enterprise, Trade and Employment by 44% with 18% voting for Finance and 9% for Foreign Affairs. The governmentís worst failure is seen to be in the area of Health at 57% with Transport second at 13%.

Commenting on the survey, Valerie Sorohan, Marketing Manager, IrishJobs.ie said: ìIt is interesting to note that Enterprise, Trade and Employment is seen as the greatest success of the government and the growth in the recruitment area during the government term of office supports this. Online recruitment has grown significantly in the past 5 years with the number of live jobs posted on Irishjobs.ie increasing by 19% since last September*.î

Sorohan continued: ìMary Harney held the position as Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment before moving to Health and Micheal Martin was Minster for Health before becoming Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment. Therefore, the perceived success of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and failure of Health may be attributed to the relative difficulty of the Ministries, rather than contributions of the individual Ministers.î

The party with the best economic policy for job creation and investment is regarded as Fianna Fail at 39% with 20% ëdonít knowsí and 17% voting for Fianna Gael. Bertie Ahern is regarded as the leader who cares most about jobs at 32% with Enda Kenny and Pat Rabitte sharing 15% and 26% undecided.

In the area of ëfantasy politicsí the most preferred job would be Minister for Art, Sport and Tourism at 20% followed by Taoiseach at 14% and Minister for Foreign Affairs at 11%. Respondentís most hated job would be Minister for Health at 49% with leader of the opposition next at 11%. Improving public health service was the single most popular change that voters would make at 26% followed by improving public transport at 15% with abolishing stamp duty and reducing taxes both polling at 23%.

The survey respondents selected the IrishJobs.ie fantasy front line as follows:

Minister for Finance- Eddie Hobbs 56%, Michael OíLeary 18%,

Minister for Foreign Affairs- Bono 34% with Bob Geldof second at 23%.

Minister for Health- Bob Geldof 15%, second place shared by Joe Duffy and Roy Keane at 10%.

Minister for Transport- Michael OíLeary 31%, Gay Byrne 14%

Minister for Education- Bob Geldof again gets the role shared with Gay Byrne both at 10%.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment- Michael OíLeary 15%, Tony OíReilly 12%.

Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism- Roy Keane 28%, George Hook 14%

Minister for Defence- Roy Keane 19%, George Hook 13%.

Nursing at 44% was the job which most respondents thought party leaders should do for one month followed by refuse collectors at 22% and Garda Sochana at 13%.