Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have one final comment, which I will make quickly. Limerick cannot be built without infrastructure. There have been promises made by successive Governments over the past 30-odd years in respect of infrastructure. The current Government is saying that it will invest in the infrastructure that is there but that it will not increase capacity. The Minister of State referred earlier to following the existing infrastructure. There is 27% of infrastructure left in Limerick and it is based mainly on the west side of the county. Investment in infrastructure is not done on a whole-of-county approach. As I said, they have been waiting 30 years for an expansion of infrastructure in the area. The only way we will get equality in our county is if the infrastructure commitments are fulfilled within the lifetime of this Government.