Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of Shannon, as we know, Shannon Development was set up to focus on a particular region. If one looks at enterprise policy in recent years, however, there has been a swing away from focusing on regions to focusing on the State as a whole. Is there a danger that a reduced focus on the Shannon region will result in a reduction in the level of enterprise development there? Perhaps the Minister would give his views on that issue.

Údarás na Gaeltachta falls between several stools in some ways. We do not discuss it at this committee because it does not fall under the remit of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and it is not discussed at meetings of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht either.

It was not discussed at the Irish language committee either. If the Minister has any experience with regard to the focus on Údarás na Gaeltachta and how it fits in with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland perhaps he could speak to that.