Roger Wallace
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
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So that's supply chain, et cetera, as well.
I think the economy is, by and large, fairly healthy.
You know, there is no reduction in investment from overseas, albeit that is, you know, the other side of the coin is that's a threat.
We continue to have a huge amount of economic activity driven by overseas investment.
Hugely welcomed, hugely appreciated.
prosperity generating but a large part of back to entrepreneurial year of what we're trying to to achieve anyway is to make sure that our indigenous entrepreneurs you know value creators are there should that other side of the economy ever take off
There's no doubt that Ireland has become a more expensive place to do business, and it is a real risk to the economy.
Wage rates, other costs, direct costs of employment, such as pensions, of course rent, of course utilities, power, etc., and transport, infrastructure.
There is a real requirement for a relief of pressure on businesses generally in respect to such items.
It's critical if we're competing with the likes of Singapore and increasingly GUE and other places for the right investment, the right talent.
If great people can't do normal things like settle home, have a reasonable standard of living, have a prohibitively high wage, then you've got a structural problem.
So what's the solution?
The solutions are really complex.
But, you know, financial infrastructure and, you know, infrastructure development, I mean, using fiscal space to use that phrase that we have now and using it, you know, wisely to make sure that we can build, you know, economic capacity is really, really important.
We do have room, you know, on the island for people to come in for immigration.
You know, no doubt about it, a couple hundred years ago, the population of Ireland was higher than it is today.
Basic infrastructure, utility roads, rail, places for people to live, to do it.
And it's the challenge, I guess, of generation anything.
In 15 or 20 years' time, we'll look back at now and we have the resources we have and ask ourselves, you know, did we use it properly to platform and jump forward to the next level?
John was a former winner.
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