Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
1:30 pm
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I have been prioritising the regions since I got the job. I have been to Drogheda twice, I have been to Kilkenny, I have been to Cork twice and I have been to Kerry. I will be in Galway in two weeks and I will be in Limerick the week after that. It is very important to me because I believe there is a real opportunity to correct some of the things we have got wrong in the past such as our strategic development in certain industries.
Certain very exciting things are happening. I hope the Chairman does not mind me mentioning State Street which has a very strong presence in Kilkenny. It is involved in the joint action committee I have with IFS 2020. It is also doing great work down in Cork. Such companies are making a very strong contribution to the country and what the Government can achieve, and a very strong contribution to places like Kilkenny. It has a great workforce there. Its workers are getting the benefit of living in a location like Kilkenny and not suffering some of the problems we have in Dublin.