Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Deasy referred to county and city enterprise boards, CEBs. People have different opinions on the matter. Is Mr. Ryan concerned that Enterprise Ireland will lose some of its local contacts? Its relationship with local authorities cannot be as specific. The CEBs' chief executives are not high up in the public service and will go in at a grade below that of director of service. Their positions will be subsumed. Instead of paying the CEBs €29.7 million, will Enterprise Ireland simply hand that money over to local authorities? What mechanism will it have in place to ensure the money is spent on job creation rather than filling potholes?