Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My view has always been that if there is investment in locations other than Dublin, it makes it easier for industry to move there and for people to live around a network of cities, such as Limerick and Galway, and the county towns. Thus, we can create a counter-pole. It will not happen overnight and will certainly not happen unless the critical infrastructure is installed. Industry and business follow infrastructure, and thus we could stem the tide of the west moving towards the east.