Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

That is why the Government will make no bones about continuing to promote an agenda of being open for business and opening the doors of opportunity for business. We will prove it. As I have said to people on many occasions, if they have a problem in their business, we will try to help them and we will open those doors. We have put in place the structures for this and will continue to do so. We will indicate on a quarterly basis the progress we have made, be it with broadband or red tape and so on to enable business to thrive.

The EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton, gave a detailed response at the last Council meeting on what had happened in Egypt, but the focus of the meeting was on Syria, where the situation was completely disastrous. I can have details of the issue raised by the Deputy in respect of Egypt brought to her attention for a more detailed response.

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