Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Chairman to indulge me for a moment. On rural employment, why start with the most difficult challenge of securing IDA-supported jobs, given that these are the most difficult jobs to deliver in rural areas? There are many easier options available. For example, we have the options of retaining services and the jobs that go with them or decentralising all new State jobs. A water grant of €100 is to be paid out to water users. Why establish Irish Water in an urban area where people cannot buy houses, when we could create Irish Water jobs in rural areas?

Another option is to reverse the reduction in Leader funding.