Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I was very keen to get that figure when I was Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in order to tell Enterprise Ireland to do some homework regarding how many jobs Irish companies create in the US. The figure now is approximately 80,000 jobs. It is by no means a one-way street. I had the unusual circumstance about a year and a half ago of a US Senator lobbying me to see if a particular company might locate in his jurisdiction. That was an unusual kind of event because it was normally the other way round.

The key point made by Deputy Timmins about lobbying——

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