Chapter 7
Economy and Employment
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
The submission seeks to review the section on Key Employment Types provided in Chapter 7 and include a specific category related to Health, Education, and Innovation. The submission seeks to include additional text in Chapter 7, under the heading ‘Support Innovation, Research and Development – An Innovation City’, to support the development of the North Mall Campus for Health, Education and Innovation uses. The submission also seeks to identify the North Mall Campus at part of the emerging Innovation Corridor in Objective 7.3(c).
an appropriate land use zoning objective to reflect current and future proposed uses. The request to review the section on Key Employment Types provided in Chapter 7 and include a specific category related to Health, Education, and Innovation is generally appropriate and will be included with some modifications . Innovation is not an employment type but part of the economic ecosystem. The Health and Education categories of employment are major employers in the City and the growth of the sector is vital to the City’s economic success and can be included in the text. The North Mall campus is a key site with growth potential along the emerging ‘Innovation Corridor’ outlined in section 7.25. Its development should be explicitly supported in line with the existing provisions of the 2015 Cork City Development Plan and Cork MASP Policy Objective 2. It is considered that reference can be made in paragraph 7.25 to reflect this. The proposed “ZO 14 Institutions & Community” zoning supports this. The request to identify the North Mall Campus at part of the emerging Innovation Corridor in Objective 7.3(c) is supported. Recommendation: (i) Include a specific category related to Health, Education, under Key Employment Types in Chapter 7, as follows: Health and Education The City contains a significant amount of Institutions which are collectively a major employer in the City. The growth and collaboration within this sector is recognised as a vital element to the City’s economic success.
(ii) Update Chapter 7, paragraph 7.25 as follows:
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