Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

-----of €350 million by a major US multinational in our country on Monday of this week, which is a signal internationally of American strength, competence and continued investment in this country where workers - ordinary men and women who go to work every day - and others, including subcontractors and subsuppliers, will have a future as a consequence.

The troika is back in town. It is here for ten days. There will be extensive discussions in detail about the performance of Ireland and its Government over the past three months. I expect that our team - the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform - will deal with all of those issues as well as the big challenges that lie ahead in 2012. We expect that, with the programme for Government, the targets that we have set out will be achieved.

The primary focus of this Government will be to do whatever we can and whatever is necessary to create and protect each and every job. Clearly, we can never have a country with an economy that is as strong as one would like unless we put people back to work. Our attempts for 2012 will be in restructuring our public finances and the way we deliver services to give every support and initiative to every proposal where jobs can be created that is credible, achievable and in the interests of our country and our people. This is my new year's resolution and I will work relentlessly with my Government to achieve it. I hope in the interest of job creation that Deputy Adams will support us.

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