Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Job Creation Initiatives: Discussion with ConnectIreland

2:10 pm

Mr. Michael McLoughlin:

Ultimately, the individual makes the introduction for us to the suggested company. A colleague, Hugh, introduced a company, Mafic. He had been registered with us for several months. He had heard about the programme and liked it. Through an encounter he had subsequently, he suggested the company name and then we were in a position, after we received approval from IDA Ireland to the effect that it was not in dialogue with that company, to proceed. Then we entered into a dialogue with the company. Thankfully, we have been successful in getting the company over the line and it is currently taking on several good employees.