BUDGET 2016: Vibrant enterprise sector vital to our economic wellbeing

The strong focus over recent years on supporting strong employment growth, fixing the public finances and driving export-led growth has left Ireland competitively strong and with the fastest growing economy in Europe.

From my perspective, the key thing in this budget is to make sure that the measures undertaken help underpin this economic success further, which I believe they do.

A strong vibrant enterprise sector, including a large foreign direct investment segment, is vital to our economic wellbeing. It is the enterprise sector that provides the fiscal wherewithal to do the other things that are required in areas like education, health, and social protection.