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

The pipeline, by the way, is already developing. Looking at the pipeline of companies that are being supported by LEOs and by Enterprise Ireland, the number of high-potential start-ups and spin-outs from the universities that all have international ambition is quite significant. I am sure the Deputy would have met some of those companies as well when she visited universities, innovation centres, etc., looking at the high-potential start-up programmes that EI is operating. I am confident we will achieve that extra 2,000 and, I hope, surpass it, but I do not have an exact figure for 2024.