I want to thank Martin Murphy and Gina Quin for extending the invitation to me, on your behalf. The Chamber, as with other chambers around the country, is a powerful force for bringing businesses together to work towards a common good. I want to congratulate you on another year of success.

EU will support the development of the ICT sector by driving the Digital Agenda

most seriously threatened by budgetary overruns in the course of the past three and a half years

full extent of savings made by each Government Department and their subservient bodies over the past three and a half years under the separate headings of reform and reduced expenditure or elimination of waste

mechanism to fund the purchase of existing and or construction of new houses by the local authorities to meet the ever increasing housing crisis

infrastructure deficiency throughout the county such as road, rail, telecommunications, energy, information technology including broadband with the object of encouraging economic development

most seriously threatened by budgetary overruns in the course of the past three and a half years

full extent of savings made by each Government Department and their subservient bodies over the past three and a half years under the separate headings of reform and reduced expenditure or elimination of waste

infrastructure deficiency throughout the county such as road, rail, telecommunications, energy, information technology including broadband with the object of encouraging economic development