Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

-----and wrong for the country. He paid tribute to the foreign direct investment jobs that have been announced. They do not happen overnight. The industrial strategy of the past number of years and of the previous Government has borne fruit and has been solid in terms of its focus on research and development, corporation tax, the lowering of inward investment and so forth. The pipeline is strong because of a number of fundamental things that have been put in place over the years, in terms of foreign investment and the innovative creative side in the domestic economy which we have to pursue.

The sub-committee has met five times. I asked a simple question, namely whether the sub-committee is in charge of overseeing the new overall Government jobs strategy.

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