Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----such as the start-up gathering we have. I am sure there will be successors to the Web Summit in Dublin because Dublin has such a vibrant environment. Just as we supported it in the past, we will support such an initiative again.

I completely reject the suggestion that Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have not used the Web Summit effectively. Only last week I was in the USA on a trade mission and the IDA took the opportunity to organise itineraries around a number of people who planned to visit the Web Summit. We do not work in a blaze of publicity; rather, we work confidentially with companies to develop programmes. The Deputy should look at the figures. The IDA and Enterprise Ireland have used their resources to achieve record job creation in Ireland over the past four years. They have never been performing at a higher level than they are now.

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