Longford-Westmeath TD Peter Burke believes these jobs are vital to the US economy.
Irish companies are worth a hundred thousand jobs to the American economy.
That's the case the Enterprise Minister will be making when he travels to the United States for this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations.
Longford Westmeath TD Peter Burke is underlining the State's value to America ahead of his trip where he'll be lobbying US officials to avoid engaging in a damaging trade war with the European Union.
Minister Burke believes Ireland and the EU are important contributors to the US:
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