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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2010)

Brian Cowen: ..., promoting Ireland to business communities abroad has assumed added importance. It is anticipated that the South American deployment will provide a unique opportunity to highlight the fact that Ireland is open for business. Over many years there have been strong cultural and heritage links between Ireland and South America. Mexico is Ireland's twentieth largest trading partner and a...

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Brian Cowen: .... The Executive has had impressive achievements — an agreed programme for government and budget and investment strategy provide a sound basis for progress. The continuing message that Northern Ireland is open for business and that devolution is working will be vital for the success of the Northern Ireland economy which faces the same uncertainty and risks as other economies face. It is...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2008)

Brian Cowen: ...of 2008, ahead of where it was this time last year. That is a fair achievement but that is not to say that it will continue unless we continue to work at it and bring forward policies to show that Ireland is open for business, that there is another story to tell in addition to the very difficult situation on the operational day to day side. We will begin to address all those issues in the...