Fatima Enterprise Strategy Stage One Report – Context and Understanding


3. Strategic Context Introduction


3.1 The overarching policy context for regeneration and enterprise development is set out here in terms of the national, regional and local level. A series of strategic documents have been reviewed including:


• • •


Analysis of the Economic, Employment and Social Profile of the Greater Dublin Region4. The National Development Plan. Dublin – A City of Possibilities.


• Fatima – Regeneration/Next Generation, Looking Forward to a New Future for Fatima.


• Fatima – Great Expectations: A Landmark and Unique Social Regeneration Plan for Fatima Mansions.


Socio-Economic Context


3.2 The purpose of the Morgenroth (2001) study was to provide a comprehensive profile of the counties that make up the Greater Dublin Region.


3.3 Overall, the population of the Greater Dublin region is projected to exceed 1.6 million by 2006. Although the population is increasing, household size is decreasing, which may have important planning consequences as additional housing units will be required.


3.4 Dublin dominates the urban structure of the region with other centres being significantly smaller. Dublin accounts for a particularly large proportion of national output and has improved its relative position with regard to per capita gross value added (GVA). Dublin also has a considerably higher gross disposable per capita income (PDI) than the other counties in the region.


3.5 Service-based sectors are the most important in Dublin compared to other areas. Dublin has a


higher concentration of employment in Other Business Services which includes Professional Services compared to surrounding areas.


There are currently high levels of employment in the


manufacturing sector in a few of the counties in the region, however, the high level of employment in this sector was preceded by a period of stagnation from which manufacturing employment in the Dublin region has not recovered.


3.6 The number of local clusters of employment is much higher in Dublin compared to surrounding areas, which is explained by considerably larger numbers of firms located in Dublin which increase the scope of forming a cluster.


3.7 The absolute number of unemployed people is relatively high in the Dublin region. However, a significant proportion of firms are seeking employees which suggests that there is a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the skills sought by employers. This mismatch is likely to be due to the fact that the unemployed do not have sufficient skills rather than the wrong skills.


3.8 The Greater Dublin Region has access to an extensive network of transport infrastructure, in terms of roads and a well developed rail network, and commuting is very extensive in the region.


As


population growth has taken place outside of Dublin this has resulted in high levels of commuting which gives rise to congestion, which in-turn may have negative consequences for the economic development of the region.


4 Morgenroth, Edgar, L (2001) 506 0149


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