Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his explanation. The jobs plan implies there will be a combination of county enterprise boards, which are already in place, and people from business support units in local authorities. I appreciate what the Minister, Deputy Bruton, said about a steering group. He must have some idea about how the body will look.

For example, there are four people working in Limerick county enterprise board and five working on the business development side of Limerick County Council, but only one is working on enterprise. I am not sure whether the person is working full-time on enterprise, as most of the work is oriented towards community type projects. Will that be the totality of the staff? Will staff have to undergo some sort of retraining? A one stop shop implies that they will be able to get information on IT, export potential, public procurement, accountancy and finance, all in one place. Is that what is envisaged?

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