Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The task force report made certain proposals and it has outlined what it believes could be the potential of the report in terms of job creation over the longer term. It is not suggesting that this would be done overnight but it talks about change. There will be issues for IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to work through. There will also be issues for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to work through in terms of trying to improve the visa and residency situations.

As the Deputy knows, fiscal matters must be considered in the context of the budgets of the future and also, of course, the various committees which consider taxation proposals pre-budget. The committee to which I referred, which is one of the recommendations and is to be chaired by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, is being finalised at present and will be announced shortly.

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