David Norris (Independent)

I think I possibly have a little latitude.

Consider the way in which Ballyfermot College of Further Education took this up. Consider how we have combined technology and imagination with "Granny O'Grimm", "The Story of Kells" and "Give Up Yer Aul Sins". These are wonderful Irish stories with Irish imagination and technology. In the past decade, the animation sector has flourished and hundreds of people are involved and we have moved into cutting-edge 2-D and 3-D animation for cinema screens, television, web, mobile and game consoles. This is what happens when a new company with new skills comes to Ireland and receives support from Enterprise Ireland, Irish content is seen.

With regard to tourism we have had visits of Queen Elizabeth and President Obama. We have fantastic food and hotels which are available at cheap rates. We need to push this out.

We have a success story and we must keep telling it. We are not Greece. We have done the difficult tasks and this Government continues to do them. We continue to increase our productivity. Let us remember that we have a series of companies investing and giving very considerable amounts of employment in the United States. Although we have multinationals here, we also give a significant employment benefit to the United States.