Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

There is no reason to develop it unless we fill it. I will use the comparison I used earlier with Carlow and other areas. That the facility is being put in place is a reflection of the IDA's commitment to market it. It is the triangular marketing of the region that says to a multinational that if one locates in Mullingar one has access to the population base in the region of approximately 400,000 people.

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