Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Succeed in Ireland initiative has operated on the basis of a contract with IDA Ireland that was originally agreed in March 2012. The contract, which was extended by 12 months early last year, is now set to conclude on 26 March.

When the board of IDA Ireland considered the long-term future of the initiative at its meeting last November, it decided that the agency would not re-tender for the continuation of the Succeed in Ireland programme at this stage.

I have asked my Department to commission a review of the initiative, to include a full assessment of its costs and its contribution to employment generation in the State. Such a review may also consider the development of a new programme, for example through an examination of the experience of similar initiatives in other jurisdictions.

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