Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)

2:15 pm

Photo of Ciarán CannonCiarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In its expert assessment and knowledge of where locally our strengths lie for the future, has the Western Development Commission decided as an entity that there are specific sectors in which we can really make jobs happen? The witnesses seem to be very ambitious on biomass, which is great. Are we spreading our resources too thinly and trying to cover too many bases? Should we focus simply on where our real strengths lie in terms of potential job creation and gear our upskilling towards that? Have the witnesses thought about that or done any research on it?

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