Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

The Minister mentioned that Enterprise Ireland will have a significant part in directing this process. The fears of Deputies is that regionalisation of administration often leads to uneven delivery of service. For example, Kildare gets nine times as much investment from the IDA as Meath. My view is that this is because it is delivered on a regional basis. If the driving of the new enterprise function in each county is regionalised by an Enterprise Ireland office, there is a danger that it will become uneven in its delivery.

Many third level institutions have incubation centres. Unfortunately, counties such as Meath do not have third level institutions or incubation centres. While this is being rolled out, the Minister should examine the savings achieved and ensure countries without a third level institution have an incubation centre.

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