Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

Spending on human and physical capital under the national development plan will help boost the productive capacity of the economy, remove critical infrastructural bottlenecks and facilitate the re-positioning of the economy in the production of knowledge-intensive goods and services. This is how we will become an even more knowledge-based economy and lay the foundations for future improvements in living standards so as to ensure our economy's competitiveness will always be up there with the world's best. Talking again about transport on the north side of Dublin, I had a speaking engagement in Maynooth and was very happy to use the train to Maynooth last week. There is a vastly improved service.

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