Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

One of the Minister's predecessors, Michael Noonan, put that position in play very effectively, as did Enda Kenny. I do not see why we could not have that architecture in place when it was good enough for the western region, which is a disadvantaged region, and when we are one of the poorest performing regions in the country at the moment. I fail to see why that would be a problem and why the Government will not support that.