‘Finder’s fee’ in jobs plan downplayed

ENDA KENNY yesterday played down the financial rewards of a job creation initiative aimed at soliciting assistance from the Irish diaspora.

The Taoiseach was speaking to the media on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday morning as he began a day of engagements in Manhattan aimed at attracting US investment to Ireland.

Set to be operated as a pilot scheme by the IDA, the Taoiseach denied that a figure of €3,000 had been set in order to incentivise this experimental means of creating employment, but Mr Kenny did reiterate that the ‘finder’s fee’ was open to anyone, at home or abroad.