Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The reason I am raising this matter with Mr. Ryan is that, in addition to the crisis industry and enterprise ran into in the crash, the major social crisis is joblessness. The Government has made a commitment to create 100,000 net new jobs by 2016. That target has not been broken down and I find the figure suspect. Enterprise Ireland is a key pillar. Mr. Ryan referenced the action plan and his responsibility for a number of points within it. It raises serious alarm bells and puts a serious question mark over the Government's target of 100,000 new jobs. Enterprise Ireland was involved in the creation of 3,346 net jobs in 2011 and 2012 for its efforts. Mr. Ryan is elated, but I am panicked. Does he understand where I am coming from? Can Mr. Ryan give us the figure for the number of jobs related to the London Olympics? With regard to the 100,000 net new jobs, how many will be supported or created by Enterprise Ireland? It is Government policy to achieve these job targets by 2016. What will be the contribution of Enterprise Ireland?