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The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore T.D. will address the f.ounders conference in Dublin Castle this evening, Saturday 29 October. The text of the Tánaiste’s speech is attached.

The F.ounders international conference is taking place in parallel with the Dublin Web Summit. It is being attended by some 200 of the world’s top tech company founders as well as top investors and guest speakers. It is organised with the support of the Irish Government and State Agencies including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Culture Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland.

Yesterday, the Tánaiste attended the conference and met technology entrepreneurs and investors from emerging markets including India, Singapore and Russia who are in Dublin for the event. The Tánaiste took part in discussions on how Ireland can best position itself to secure investment by the tech industry and to create conditions for indigenous tech companies to flourish here.

Speaking afterwards the Tánaiste said:

“I am pleased to have had the opportunity to emphasise to key industry leaders Ireland’s strength in cutting-edge innovative businesses and to highlight our supportive environment for dynamic technology companies. I am looking forward to addressing the conference tomorrow evening and to promoting Ireland as a location for tech investors in this area”.