Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion
11:00 am
Mr. Terry Clune:
At the moment, Mr. Moran is not being recognised by the IDA. The reward that he is entitled to under the Government programme is not forthcoming.
This is part of the financial element we are seeking on behalf of our connectors, so "yes" is the answer. If there is a dispute, it is over whether this is a successful initiative. It is a success-only model. If we get no jobs in, it costs the State zero. I do not know of any similar initiative or any contract under which the Government works in such a format, but this is what we proposed at the start, purely as a patriotic initiative, to help attract jobs into the country. It is as simple as that and it is working. We have built a network of 78,000 people around the world, and as of Sunday we will ask these people to stop sending us leads. This does not make sense to me. Why-----