Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. No matter what way the Minister looks at this and no matter what he says, the fact of the matter is that the creation of 64 jobs in County Tipperary in 2014, when IDA Ireland created 15,012 nationally, means the county has been abandoned by the Government. It is not getting its fair share of inward investment and that is the reason I have tabled a series of questions on this today.

It is quite clear that the Minister's announcement yesterday worsens the situation and disadvantages the county and its towns to a much greater extent. It excludes those towns from the programme of building manufacturing and office facilities. This is occurring in nine towns throughout the country, but not in a single town in County Tipperary. What does the Minister intend to do to create jobs in the towns of County Tipperary? Will he amend the regional strategy to include those towns?

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