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Secondary activities
Chapter 21; Secondary activities
Term | Definition |
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Infrastructure | Lacks investment, development is difficult and expensive, one motorway, lack of routes a deterrent to industry, transport of goods expensive, slow isolates region from Dublin and EU markets, IWA, limited flights, telecommunications limited. |
Labour Force | Low population density, 25 per km, difficult for industry to choose location, 30% of population lives in urban areas, Galway city 70,000 people, outward migration, one university (NUIG) |
Traditional Industry | Labour intensive, small scale, prone to job losses, rationalisation, mechanisation, insecurity, e.g construction industry, higher level of unskilled employment, wages are lower, 57% of Roscommon workforce in food processing, kepak ltd, forced to downsize. |
Government Intervention | Government 1920-1950s protected domestic industry, overreliance on traditional industry, 1950s new laws to discourage outward migration, low corporation tax, category one, high level grant support, structural funds, educational and training, IDA. |