John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)

I will make it available to the Deputy so he can fully understand it and will be able to question me on its specifics without any difficulty. I answered his first question. I told him that the target was 25% by 2012 and that my ambition is to reach that target much sooner than 2012 so the Deputy and other Members of the Opposition can measure it as we go along. To reach that target much earlier than the date we specified requires co-operation with the business sector and all agencies and Departments. We are committed to doing it and I will gladly report back to the Deputy in a year, in two years or in six months. I hope to make it better for business. That is my ambition within the Department.

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