The Member States take note of the fact that the Government of Ireland has embarked upon the implementation of a policy of industrialisation and economic development designed to align the standards of living in Ireland with those of the other Member States and to eliminate underemployment while progressively evening out regional differences in levels of development.
Tugann na Ballstáit dá n-aire go bhfuil Rialtas na hÉireann ag gabháil do bheartas tionsclaíochta agus forbartha eacnamaíochta a chur i ngníomh arb é is sprioc dó an caighdeán maireachtála in Éirinn a chur ar chomhréim le caighdeán maireachtála na mBallstát eile, deireadh a chur leis an tearcfhostaíocht agus san am céanna na difríochtaí sa leibhéal forbraíochta ó réigiún go chéile a chur ar ceal.