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

Let me continue, please. It is stated in black and white in that contract between ConnectIreland and the IDA that the last six months of the extension were to be a wind-down period. That is how it is.

Second, extending the contract would break procurement laws, which we will not do. The IDA has legal advice and I have advice from the Department's legal adviser.

We have not decided in any way to get rid of the Succeed in Ireland initiative, which has been good. As to the figures that have been thrown out, the verified number that I have seen is 535 jobs. As part of the contract, ConnectIreland signed a verification clause. The IDA has complied with exactly what is in the contract.

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