Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Deputy states that these jobs are being created at a time of instability. The reputation of the country has been restored in the last 12 months to the point that investor confidence, economic comment and political comment and business leaders now look at Ireland as being a country that is going in the right direction, difficult though that is. If the Deputy seeks to destroy that level of investor confidence by calling for a "No" vote in our own future, then he destroys the very proposition he is talking about. Jobs will only come from confidence and from decisions to invest. People from abroad wish to continue to invest in Ireland due to the package we offer, based on our demographics, our talent pool, our technology, our tax rates and our track record.

The Government created NewERA which has a role in the valuation of State assets. It renegotiated elements of the memorandum of understanding with the troika on the disposal of State assets, and the use of the resultant funds for job creation and for investment in infrastructure. These will be Government led propositions-----

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