Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate what the Minister of State is saying. I would say that there are 30 towns in the State - four happen to be in my county - which are in a similar situation. Take Boyle as an example. We have Boyle Abbey, the 12th century Cistercian abbey, and we have Lough Key Forest Park, which is an outstanding facility.

It is one of the major tourist attractions in the country. We have the Boyle Arts Festival but we do not have a hotel. Tourists are going there but not staying because we do not have that unique piece of infrastructure. We should target those approximately 30 towns in the country. There must be some incentive because we missed the boat when every developer worth his or her salt was building houses and a hotel on the side; if it lost money, that did not matter. We do not have the infrastructure and unless we get some serious assistance or incentive, people will not invest.