Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As an entrepreneur myself, I make the point that when starting Lir Chocolates, Connie Doody and I did not have a pen or pencil between us but we were obliged to work 24-7 for 16 years, including Christmas Day and New Year's Day. We went down the export route and there is the possibility that some of Microfinance Ireland's companies can also do that because we need companies that will export to bring in the foreign exchange.