Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The concept was right in the beginning in that there are opportunities for small numbers of jobs to come to Ireland which might never appear on the IDA radar. There might be five or ten or 20 jobs, and they are as important as where there are hundreds coming in.

With respect to that sector, it is a matter of finding a way that such jobs could be notified by people who live abroad, by those who have sons or daughters in China, South America or wherever. If a company said that it was considering moving to Europe, it could be asked if it would consider moving to Ireland. That is how the concept began at the outset. It has been reasonably successful and resulted in industry moving to places where one would not expect it to locate. It involves members of the Irish diaspora who think the company in which they are employed might be shifting some resources to Europe and they ask the company to consider locating in Ireland. If the company does that and jobs occur here, a finder's fee is paid to the people who nominate that company.