Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I do not know from where Deputy Cowley got the figure of 11%. The live register is not the unemployment register and the unemployment rate is reducing in Ballina. I met the chamber of commerce in Ballina and people there are anxious to bring in foreign direct investment as well as developing their own. That is the issue. Regarding the site development works, the most pressing challenge is locating and securing title to the site so we can develop it and make it available to potential foreign direct investors.

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