Mr. John Murphy:

We want the service to be enhanced. If we are serious about increasing the number of entrepreneurs, then more people should be walking through the doors of Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs. That would be a good problem to have.

Deputy Lawlor referred to Horizon 2020 and I can inform him that ours is the lead Department for the latter. The Government has set a target of securing €1.25 billion between now and 2020. We will be working in conjunction with Science Foundation Ireland and the other research institutions in this regard. We must ensure that we can source international partners because that is a critical requirement of Horizon 2020. Having such partners on board will facilitate us in putting forward the right kind of proposals in order to secure the return that is sought and underpin job creation. A much higher proportion of the new jobs being created by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland companies are based on the output of research and innovation or on new products and processes. This is going to be extremely important for the future.