Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not know where to start. Has the Minister ever created jobs in a rural area and does he know how much investment is needed to create sustainable jobs? What is the maximum grant aid that can be provided by these new bodies, which are the former bodies under new names in an effort to play the quango game? What is the rationale behind the IDA owning all of the industrial land in rural Ireland while Enterprise Ireland is charged with creating jobs there? What is the average investment required to create 100 jobs in one setting in rural or urban Ireland? Does the Minister believe that the supports available in this regard are adequate? In my experience of creating jobs - I do have hands-on experience of creating jobs in rural Ireland - the type of supports being provided by the local authorities will not create significant employment.

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