Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I thank the Deputy for his questions. I had my first meeting of LEEF last week, which was very positive. I have met with a number of the unions and business representatives. I have also met with ISME. It has been on the business forum and I met it at a separate bilateral engagement to hear its concerns. Obviously, it is affiliate to and working through the committee currently under IBEC. Its admission into LEEF has been raised with the Taoiseach. Obviously, it is not in my purview to give that admission but we have raised it.

Waterford has seen significant investment over the past number of years. When I first came into the Department, IBM announced 800 high-tech jobs across Waterford, Cork and Dublin.