Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The target we have set for ourselves is an extra 2,000 rather than making it a percentage of overall numbers. EI is setting about putting programmes and funding models in place that can get a net increase of 2,000 over the next six years in the number of businesses that are trading internationally. That is, effectively, what the target is. What I do not have is a breakdown for how we achieve that 2,000 and in what year. I am not sure that precise data exists but the target over the next six years or so is to have an extra 2,000 businesses in that space.