Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding targets, Mr. Hegarty was previously asked about jobs and employment targets. I could make a very political point about the Government setting targets and failing to meet them, but I will not. I will refer to the situation of targets not being set. As I said, we are drifting. We have gone from 12th to 19th in the international Institute for Management Development competitiveness indicator, a name which just rolls off the tongue. We have moved to 19th. Are we aiming to get to 17th? Is there any ongoing measurement in this regard? Are we using these international indicators and are they causing concern? Is the message going out that we need to move from 19th and start to do better?