Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reply identifies the problem. Each of the companies the Minister mentioned is based in Cork city. West Cork is the size of a mid-sized county. Using Cork-based figures does not give the same appreciation of the challenge we have in attracting Enterprise Ireland industrial and commercial activity to an area the size of an ordinary county. The figures mask the reality or make interpretation difficult. In the Minister's answer, west Cork is lumped in with Cork city, and this does not provide a true picture of what is happening in west Cork or north Cork. Perhaps we need a more nuanced approach.

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