David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Those from the south east would be disappointed with Mr. O'Leary's view on regional development and the south east. He stated that there would be no need for a regional director because he would rather see staff out globally promoting all of the regions and the State.

The difficulty that we would have in the south east is that if one looks at the reality, not only the perception, when we had a regional office in the south east we were performing better and since we lost the regional office, we have massively high unemployment, way above the national average.