Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

I commend the comments of Independent Members, in particular, as I would like the Leader to arrange a debate on the need to stimulate the economy. There is a great deal of doom and gloom, but we also need to remember the positive aspects. I have in my hand a report that presents many issues in a positive light and there are still many good developments occurring. For example, eight of the world's top ten pharmaceutical companies are based in Ireland, as are 15 of the top 20 medical device companies, more than half of the top financial companies and eight of the top ten technology companies. We attract more inward investment from the United States than Brazil, Russia, India and China combined. We produce enough beef to feed 30 million Europeans. Ireland is the largest exporter of beef in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. We export 80% of our dairy products, 15% of the world supply of infant formula, eight of the world's top prescription drugs-----