Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If we go back to yesterday's presentation and with regard to IDA Ireland, it says there will be a push now for regional development and it is going to start looking outside the main cities. If one considers education we have been very fortunate in many development across Cavan and Monaghan. The ETB chief executive Mr. Martin O'Brien has now moved to Meath-Louth so the gentlemen who are here today will be lucky to have him. We have Mr. John Kearney looking after us now in Cavan-Monaghan. What are the witnesses' own feelings about the fact that we do not have a third level college although we have two great institutes? Is it a drawback in any way? We heard from IDA Ireland about this being important.