Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Shanahan for his candid response. Before the summer, IDA Ireland came under attack for its failure to renew ConnectIreland's contract to run a scheme of which the former Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, said he was a big fan. My party's enterprise spokesperson, Deputy Niall Collins, called Mr. Shanahan out on IDA Ireland's treatment of ConnectIreland, calling it reprehensible. Is it the case that IDA Ireland felt threatened by ConnectIreland and its success? Should it not be bigger than that? From IDA Ireland's perspective, what number of jobs were deemed to have been created by ConnectIreland during that period?