Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas do na finnéithe as teacht isteach inniu agus as an eolas seo a thabhairt dúinn.

Many people watching the presentation or who have read the scrutiny report will have the impression that this is a large EU bureaucracy trundling along making unnecessary work for itself. One of the main objectives of this committee is the extreme job creation crisis in this country. The Government has managed to create one job for every 33 in the past year. It has made advances but there is still a major job of work ahead of us.

With regard to the scrutiny report, it is hard for me to grasp an understanding of the assessment. We are analysing a scrutiny document and I expected an assessment of the quality and evaluation of the programmes, whether they are successful and how they will impact on the Irish economy. I have not got an assessment or evaluation feeling from the report. Perhaps I am wrong and the delegation might give its evaluation. The report covers the first six months of 2012 but the more up to date a scrutiny, the more useful it will be.