Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a very significant increase in private investment in Ireland. It would be nice if we acknowledged that we have the highest growth rates in Europe today, at 4.6% according to the Europeans. We think they are higher than that ourselves. Private investment has gone up and every indicator in Ireland is pointing in the right direction now. We must be doing something right.