Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I will not provide content for any potential leaflet the Deputy may wish to distribute in the Shannon area or, indeed, in County Clare. I went out of my way to praise the performance of Shannon Development in China and the presentation it made to the Chinese authorities. The mid-west is doing quite well and, as I said, it did quite well last year in terms of foreign direct investment and the number of new companies which have come in.

See this speech in context