Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and his officials. I am aware that many of the issues may arise in the next discussion on the jobs action plan but I am intrigued by the tussle, as it were, between ECOFIN and the Council. It is important that we get a jobs-focused agenda at the heart of Europe, otherwise, recovery will not mean anything to anybody. Where does Ireland stand in that regard? In particular, where does the Taoiseach stand on this issue, as the referee between the Minister and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan? Are we with the Jobs Council in regard to this in terms of more influence and more power?