Jim D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the announcement that Nextag will create 125 jobs in Drogheda. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is sometimes criticised in this House, but he is doing a great job with the IDA. Nextag has already started to recruit locally for these jobs. Often when American or other multinational companies establish operations here they have to source workers from abroad, but these jobs are aimed at locals. Nextag is the largest independent price comparison company in the world. I understand the Minister will be in the Seanad in the near future.

I do not want to get embroiled in conflict but I was disappointed to read the report in the Irish Independent about the advice given in certain clinics. A woman was told by a Dundalk clinic that medical practitioners would not be able to determine whether she had had an abortion and was advised to report that she had had a miscarriage. The people who give this type of advice should be told to act according to the legislation. It is not good for the organisation concerned that such reports are published. I recognise that the people who present to these clinics are traumatised and that the counselling is difficult, but the legislation should be obeyed. The Minister needs to address this issue in the House.