Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have been critical of the regional performance and statistics, which we can discuss on another occasion. One of the strengths of our multinational community is its ability to reinvent itself. Ms Buckley mentioned companies that have been in Ireland for 40 years and are doing something completely different now because of the strength of the Irish team and research and development coming up with products. Are Irish people reluctant to break out of the comfort of the multinational job to use their knowledge and skills to start up a company? Is it an international phenomenon to reinvent companies but be afraid to start one up?