Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am very interested in what is happening in Enterprise Ireland. The reason I raised the question is that the programme for Government contains a number of specific commitments to improve our export performance with particular reference to the BRIC countries, such as the establishment of an export trade council, a home to export programme, a source Ireland protocol, and local trade and investment teams interacting with people in the BRIC countries to expand our export footprint there. Perhaps this has more to do with the Minister for Finance, but there is also a specific commitment in the programme for Government to exempt service companies from value added tax if they export more than 90% of what they produce. Where are we with regard to these specific commitments in the programme for Government?

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