Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his reply, which, incidentally, talked all about the future and did not address the success of his Department.

My difficulty with the Department is that it and the Minister make commitments and then simply ignore them. The Department's strategy statement stated that it would deliver 62 targets in 2009 and it only delivered on 24, including the ones on which it was off target. The Department was off target on export sales by 48%, growth companies by 20% and the rights commissioner hearings by 50%. The PRSI scheme is now 90% off target.

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