Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

I appreciate the point the Deputy is making. The strict confidentiality clause, which was one of the conditions that applied when people gave information during the compilation of that report, should be respected. We can provide the Deputy with the information that is available from Enterprise Ireland about export figures and the opportunities that are arising in the BRIC countries. The Deputy also asked about investment in jobs and the opportunities that will arise after February. A great deal of work is ongoing at Government level to compile the new action plan for jobs. More lateral themes are being explored as we do that. I hope the Deputy will take in good faith my assurance that we are trying to explore and mine as many opportunities as we can. I say that in response to the point she made about job creation. If I understood the point the Deputy was making correctly, she said we should avail of the intellectual capacity of people who will find themselves in a new situation after February of this year. The State needs to provide opportunities to such people, or engage with them at least.

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