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

That might very well be the case, but Mr. Ryan is in the business of enterprise and we are all in the business of employment. The live register stands at 14% and we are in an emergency scenario. I take on board the pressure bearing down on the economy. We are all fully conversant with it in the Oireachtas and beyond. Mr. Ryan's organisation is a central plank of a stated plan by the Government to create 100,000 net new jobs by 2016. It is now 2013 and, if we are to go on Mr. Ryan's record over the past number of years, the contribution of Enterprise Ireland to the target, if it is to be met, will be minuscule.