Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In terms of internationally mobile investment, the Deputy is correct that in this area the type of projects we are winning are more concentrated on cities. In developing an effective regional strategy, we need to have a more effective driver of indigenous growth and to work with our companies. This is the reason I regard the manufacturing initiative important. We have a good spread of manufacturing right through the country. We need to step up support of the ambition of those companies as part of an effective regional strategy. Regional strategy is always about playing to the competitive strengths of the region. This is the type of thinking we need to evolve. I am interested in working with people in the regions on how we can shape a competitive strength for those regions and how we, running enterprise policy, can get in behind that broader thinking that a region is shaping.