Yep. I wonder though what idiot signed off on the ‘National’ Broadband scheme with not a hope of any Irish jobs in Ireland, bar the few Three have. All tech support from Bombay!! Despite calling to their shop in Roscommon, it took a week to get set up as the original equipment was faulty, then the reception is awful, then try dealing with support personnel who are culturally different and really don’t sem to understand what the problems are. I would say if the majority of an entrepreneur’s jobs aren’t being created on the ground here then they shouldn’t get any visa or government sponsored help at all.

Good that Matthews is finally making a platform for himself now that he realises Government won’t give him one. This is a very simple, very good idea.

And to think we made a fuss before about buying Irish passports!

Why can’t the government tell the banks to lend to the IRISH ENTREPRENEURS, you have to build employment at home, not by selling passports,, besides the FOREIGN ENTREPRENEURS will invest in the country if the conditions are right.

I’m far from being a FG fan but this is the kind of common sense thinking we need.

This is the kind of thinking that is required. Bill Liao an Australian citizen who one of the pioneers of social networking with Xing now lives in west Cork and invests in Irish business through his venture capital firm. He, along with James Whelton, founded Coder Dojo which teaches kids to code- the Pizzabot App that got 9 million downloads came from a kid who goes to classes there.

Despite his willingness to invest in Irish start-ups it still took Bill no less than three attempts to get a visa to live here. He was refused twice before it was given. Luckily for us the civil servant eventually saw sense and granted him a visa to live and work here but the whole process must have made him think twice about living and investing in Ireland.

“No Irish need apply”.

Ireland, 2012.

Been here before under the ‘Passports for Sale’ policy. Did wonders to dig out the country didn’t it?

Good man Peter !
No worries that our own entrepreneurs are left frozen out of the banks …
Let’s do politics and invent some other solution and let’s get some Brazilians in to show us how to salvage this mess
Inspiring stuff from the loner

Very nice, charity begins at home,now this tool wants to attract foreign investment wih special visa conditions , looking at some of the countrys mentioned we should brace ourselves for a new breed of money laundering scumbag oppertunists who i am sure will be happy to avail of whatever freebie is on off , Matthews is talkin out of his jacksey and hasent got a clue, self help begins at home with us Irish at the helm not by inviting dubious investment from outside to once more take advantage of this type of cap in hand policy. Ireland wake up!!!!! now

What about giving our own a step up that way we can support our own first then wait till we see how many we can bring home first then see what is left for the visitors

Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, anything for money.

The word Judas comes to mind for Irish Politicians.

Why just from these countries. I don’t even know if people from china would really be interested in setting up large scale enterprises in Ireland .

Censored again ..
Brilliant …. Democracy at work Christine – the Brazilians will love you

Actually, It’s not that hard at all to attract rich entrepreneurs to invest in this country. All you need is conditions where they would be able to make a profit on their investment. All you need is less bureaucracy, lower taxes and less nonsense regulation and then they will run to this country in their thousands and then we won’t even need all this welfare because there will be a sh*tload of new jobs to go around. Simples.

Finally the rocket scientists are solving the first differential equation. What a thought!