Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

As I explained, we have a figure of more than 100,000 gross in respect of the agencies - IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland - and there is a figure in respect of county enterprise boards. There is also a figure which has been used as to the multiplier effect of one job - the supply chain impact. We are indicating approximately 250,000 across that set of the economy.

Of course, we are not setting targets explicitly - we do not have that sort of analysis - in respect of businesses which are not agency assisted. Clearly, they create gross jobs which would be over and above this. In terms of the ones within the remit of our Department, those are the figures - more than 100,000 in respect of direct and indirect impact and then topped up to 250,000 in all, taking in the county enterprise board structure.

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