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Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: On the Taoiseach's visit to New York in early May, he announced a jobs creation scheme, essentially a €3,000 reward for each job someone in the diaspora creates and that is still in existence after two years. Has anyone taken up this proposition and what job numbers has the Government projected will be created by the initiative? Did the Taoiseach raise the issue of the undocumented Irish -...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: ...he visited London prior to his visit to the USA the Taoiseach stated that he would be unveiling a range of initiatives - some of which he indicated would be very exciting - aimed at encouraging the diaspora to engage with our economy. In view of the fact that the diaspora is getting bigger with each passing week, will the Taoiseach provide details on some of the exciting initiatives to...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I asked about enlisting the support of the Diaspora and particularly the White House.

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...will be piloted by IDA Ireland. It may bring about the creation of a substantial number of jobs, but I do not know. It must be tested. However, it is new and its value is that it will tie in the Diaspora. We can target individual areas by sending delegations or office appointment which have a constant impact, but this concept allows for people all over the world to involve themselves...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...make to anyone responsible for bringing about a job here. This is an opportunity, brought forward by a private company, to say that there is now a facility globally to tie in the entire Irish diaspora through the use of modern methods, such as the Internet. If a person is in Australia, Alaska, South America or Siberia and has connections with this country in any shape or form, there is...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: On the Taoiseach's visit, I welcome the fact that we maintain a strong engagement with our diaspora. I was particularly active in terms of the global diaspora and the United States. I learned recently that the Government has decided to have a second Farmleigh summit of the Global Irish Economic Forum. Does the Taoiseach agree that the concept of the forum was a good one when it was...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...that we should launch it as a pilot scheme in order to see how it will work. In this way we will be able to test it and improve on it. The important aspect is that it will tie in the entire diaspora, regardless of whether its members are located in Australia, South America or wherever. It will illustrate that there is a connection which is both alive and waiting in respect of interest...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...regard to the latter. On my visit to the US, I also pointed out the financial advantages and opportunities that exist in Ireland for companies wishing to establish operations here. Tying in the diaspora in respect of that new innovation would give a global reach to what we are trying to achieve. When the second economic forum takes place in Dublin later this year - the first was...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...of those people in New York and Washington DC. One of them made the point to me that they would all like to be ambassadors for this country. The challenge for Ireland is to be able to use that diaspora resource so that when they are speaking to business people or other worldwide interests, they will be informed about the opportunities that exist here. I also met with a number of banking...