Coordinating State agencies for local employment
Gallagher called for State organisations to coordinate efforts to promote natural resources and create local jobs. Bruton said a management committee was being established to implement the industrial policy aim of providing businesses with a single point of contact.
Would the Minister accept that the time has come for the Government and particularly for him as Minister to take a closer look at the possibility of co-ordinating the efforts of the various State organisations so as to promote our natural resources to a greater extent and in that way enable us to provide a lot more local employment?
Comment on this
That is precisely what the White Paper on Industrial Policy suggests should be done. I have initiated a management committee on industrial policy with a view to achieving exactly what the Deputy is asking for. I agree entirely that the business person needs to have one place to which he can go for advice and assistance instead of having to approach a number of State agencies. I am confident that arrangements will be made in the near future to redress that situation.