Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have given the Deputy the number of submissions to the Department. I will check if the people who made submissions were advised as to whether they would be public or private, but if it is feasible to publish them, I have no objection to it. It might be helpful for people to see those submissions. I will certainly check it out and revert to the Deputy on that.

We need every initiative coming from our diaspora around the world to help us with FDI. If a successful model can be found and will continue to work, or if the existing model could be adapted somewhat, that should come about. That would compliment the work of IDA Ireland. I stand by the work IDA Ireland does. It is unfortunate this position arose, and I certainly want to see it resolved if there is anything I or my Department can do. There is no delay with this.

I am very keen that this is brought to a conclusion so that we can move on. The Deputy rightly says there is scope for initiatives such as this and I pay tribute to everyone involved. We need all these jobs.

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