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Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The creation of employment and investment in the economy is the Government's main priority. Later we will announce a number of initiatives to progress our strategic investment strategy. The Government will announce significant reforms in the semi-State sector to ensure it will be an engine for investment and job creation. We will take a total portfolio approach to the State companies. The...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to get the best out of our semi-State companies to ensure there is increased investment in our economy and job creation. In addition, the Government will also announce the establishment of a strategic investment fund, which will channel resources from the National Pensions Reserve Fund towards productive investment in the economy.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The establishment of the NewERA entity within the NTMA, which will be headed up by a new chief executive officer, Dr. Eileen Fitzpatrick, who is a director of the agency, will be aimed at maximising-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the contribution that the semi-State sector will make to the creation of jobs in the economy. That coupled with the strategic investment fund and the continuing efforts of the State agencies to attract inward investment, which is evidenced by the announcement of more than 3,000 new jobs in that sector, demonstrates the Government is serious about generating employment and securing...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I note how quickly Deputy Ó Cuív has rushed to claim part of the credit for the jobs that have been announced this year.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I presume he will also take appropriate credit for the huge numbers of people who have lost their jobs in the course of the recession. I agree with him that it takes time for investment decisions to be made and that is why the Government has a programme to encourage inward investment into this country.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why the Minister, Deputy Bruton, was in the United States last week. That is why, in the course of my own work in New York last week, I worked with the IDA in talking to a number of companies. That is why the restoration of Ireland's reputation, which was so badly damaged in the lifetime of the previous Government, has been so important to us. We are seeing the fruits of the work...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is reflected in the very significant reduction in the interest rates now applying to Irish debt, all of which will encourage increased investment in this country.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is also why over the course of the next couple of weeks we have arranged a number of events aimed at encouraging additional investment into this country. The convening of a global Irish economic forum on 7 and 8 October will bring together senior people from the corporate world, many of whom have Irish connections. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, in turn has an additional event which is...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----aimed particularly at potential investors from the United States. All of that, in additional to the measures I spoke about earlier, is aimed at encouraging investment in this country and the creation of jobs. The reality is that we have a very high level of unemployment. Everybody knows that. We must try to get that level of unemployment down. The only way we can do that is by the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald should stop fantasising.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no fire sale of State assets and there will be no fire sale of State assets. There is no wholesale privatisation of State assets. The Government is taking a strategic approach to investment in the economy. We are doing that because I believe even Deputy McDonald will agree that there is a necessity and a priority to generate employment in the economy. We have a number of things...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald mentioned the Labour Party manifesto for the election. I think she will agree that the first word in it is "jobs".

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Jobs, reform and fairness-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government's priority is to bring about economic recovery, get people back to work and get people into jobs. To do that, we have to reform the way in which things have been done in the past.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald and her party keep parroting on about change, yet they want to leave everything the same.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: They do not want to change anything. The Government is in the business of effecting change, and that means we will change the way in which our semi-State companies are used in our economy.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We will change the way in which the companies are used so that we can get maximum value from our semi-State sector in investing in our economy and getting people into employment.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There are areas of our economy that require further investment - energy, communications and several others - and where there is potential to generate additional employment. The Government will take a constructive approach to using the State companies to invest in those areas of the economy and combine that with private sector investment to get people into employment.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We are not going to be stuck in the old groove that Deputy McDonald seems to want to remain in.