Ivor Callely - Working With You

As the most severe difficulties hit the Irish and Global economies, we are all faced with a massive task to come through this difficult period.

I understand that there has been very careful assessment of the extent of our problems and of the exceptional effort it will take to improve the situation.  We have to turn the tide of our present difficulties and put our economy back on a sound footing once we have our public finances under control.

I am determined ‘with every beat of my heart’ to resolve the difficulties this country now faces.  Our ability to come together in difficult times has never been more important.   Working together, we can help each other climb out of these difficulties.  We all have a share in each other’s success, because the more each individual succeeds, the more we all succeed.

We are at a point in our history where we have never been able to see more clearly what we can achieve.  Ireland has undergone a transformation, we are a small, open and pulsating economy, now energised by some of the most sophisticated industries and services in the world.

We have a proven track record in our economic performance, especially during the period 1995 to 2005 which consistently reflected our success, our determination and our ability to succeed.  Our ‘can do’ attitude has characterised our success before, all the more necessary now.  We have the basic ingredients, an entrepreneurial and well educated population, a good infrastructure, diverse markets, established trade links and a tremendous reputation on the world stage.

I have a clear vision that involves new thinking of getting us moving again along the road we successfully travelled in the past ant learning from our mistakes.

Ivor’s vision focus’s on:

• Restoring our public finances
• Stimulate activity and employment opportunities through SME’s
• Initiate measures to restore competitiveness
• Develop our scientific, technological and innovative base.
• Create favourable opportunities for enterprise development, especially through the generation of renewable energy, green enterprise and the smart economy.

Senator