Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

Returning to the Minister's first point, his statement states, "The committee will first review the state of play". Let us leave it there.

Will the Minister accept all the recommendations of the taskforce? Are they subject to funding? The Minister mentioned, in his first response, a re-prioritisation of resources.

Returning to his initial response, I welcome what the Minister stated about looking at the IP area, that he set up a review group immediately. That was one of the immediate recommendations of the taskforce.

In another area, the taskforce could create 117,000 jobs over the next ten years. The Minister also said it this week; he supported it. In reply to Deputy Varadkar earlier, he mentioned the Horizon 2020 strategy of IDA Ireland involving 57,000 jobs. Are these separate jobs? Is that 117,000 plus 57,000 or is there an overlap?

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