A Bill encouraging international entrepreneurs to migrate to the State and create jobs was published by Fianna Fáil yesterday.
The party wants skilled professionals and graduates from overseas to be granted two-year visas to set up businesses.
“This is aimed at people from places like Africa, south America, southeast Asia and the BRIC countries [Brazil, Russia, India and China],” said Fianna Fáil spokesman on jobs Willie O’Dea.
The proposed scheme would attract “highly qualified graduates and people with good ideas whose businesses are at the idea stage to set up in Ireland. We are trying to establish Ireland as a hub for international entrepreneurs,” he said, adding that similar initiatives had worked well in other countries.
