Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

I have no problem with individuals getting bonuses for good work. That is not the point of my question. The point is that I want this Chamber to be able to review the work of individual offices, because while some offices may be successful, there is no reason we should not be able to measure what is happening in all of the offices. As a parliament, we should encourage such transparency.

Second, the export-to-jobs ratio in the FDI sector is far lower in this State than the domestic export-to-jobs ratio and far lower than the international average. While good work has been done with regard to clusters, FDI is less engaged with the domestic economy than the international average.

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