Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

In December 2008 the Government produced its Smart Economy framework, in June 2009 it set up the Innovation Taskforce that reported in March 2010 and this week the Minister established the implementation group for the taskforce recommendations. This is another implementation body, another review group. The Minister stated this implementation group will first, review the recommendations to determine where implementation is possible.

Of the review group he announced this week, eight were already members of the taskforce on innovation. The taskforce on innovation has produced many recommendations. It has given a time line, in terms of immediate, short-term and long-term recommendations, and has given the cost implications. I suggest that much of the review has been done. Let us not have any more reviews. Would we not have immediate implementation because people are frustrated by what they see is yet another body to oversee and to implement?

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