Fianna Fail has branded the special Cabinet meeting on jobs today as a "PR stunt".

Ministers are meeting to discuss job creation measures with each Department asked to come up with specific ideas to boost employment.

Yesterday the Governor of the Central Bank predicted that employment will just barely begin to grow this year.

And with more than 430,000 people on the live register - unemployment at 14.6% is as bad as when the coalition came to office almost 2 years ago.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny wants his government to bring down that figure by putting job creation at the centre of decision making.

Next month the government will give a progress report on its Action Plan for Jobs in which it promised to create 100,000 new positions by 2016.

Calls for HMV to pay workers

The opposition party is also calling on HMV to pay their staff what they are owed.

The music retailer went into receivership in Ireland yesterday and workers at its branch in Limerick are continuing a sit-in.

It comes amid fears they will not receive their wages.

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Daragh Calleary is calling on the company to pay what is due to the workers.

He says it is a worrying development when staff feel the need to stage a sit-in to get their money.

Mr. Calleary also says he believes that the the Cabinet meeting today will not create a single job.