Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

The Minister is 50% off on the Department's export sales target for last year. He is 50% off on the Department's employment target for last year. He is off on the Department's trade performance target for last year, its business costs and its commitment on competitiveness. He is off on every one of them, and then he expects us to believe him when he states he will create 300,000 jobs, boost exports and do the divil knows what. What about the Minister's record and that of his Department? He is not delivering on anything to which he commits and we cannot believe that he will suddenly transform himself unless he addresses these failings and honestly answers to the Parliament as to why he has not delivered on them.

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