Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Given that this is one of the potentially positive options arising from Brexit, I am surprised that the Department has not been somewhat more proactive. I do not know when this committee last met. The Brexit referendum took place well over six months ago. We need to move as quickly as possible to build on the opportunities that exist for Ireland. A significant number of people are already employed in financial services in Ireland and there is a significant opportunity to increase that number. While people obviously associate financial services particularly with the IFSC, a significant proportion of those jobs are located throughout the country. I am thinking of counties such as Kerry where land and IDA developments are available which could host such jobs and become very successful.

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