Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance

10:00 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No, but it goes back to our tax offering and how we attract companies to locate in Ireland. It is fine to say that we will get 20,000 jobs in the financial services sector, yet the first number of jobs to be relocated went elsewhere. We need to have a far greater understanding of companies' needs and demands, the skill sets required and if we are doing enough in that area to attract jobs. That is a matter for Mr. Moran's Department to examine.

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