John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)

Nobody understands what they want to do, to build or to achieve in Ireland. It was a miserable process, frankly. I have to say that has been my experience. I accept we are talking about the success of the US-Ireland Alliance and the George Mitchell funding, but there is something wrong at Government level when it comes to attracting US universities and colleges that want to spend money in this country and have a track record of success in the area they are trying to market.

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