Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Can the Taoiseach be more specific than he has been up to now with regard to when this task force will actually report? I understand from him that there is a meeting towards the end of January, probably on 29 January. Is that to be the final meeting of the task force? Is it the meeting at which it will conclude its report? When does the Taoiseach expect that the report will be presented? To whom will the task force report?

In September, I attended a good event in Farmleigh at which leading business people from various parts of the world, many from North America, with connections to Ireland were assembled. The weekend was bubbling with good ideas for economic development in Ireland. What happened with this? It was my understanding that a report was to be produced and circulated to participants, but I got no such report. I do not know whether one has been prepared. Will the Taoiseach inform the House of the follow-up to the September Farmleigh event?

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