Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is not the way in which decisions about investment are made in this country.

I am long enough in this House to recall when decisions were made in the way the Deputy talks about, whereby buildings would be pushed up in wildernesses and stand there as white elephants because of the waste of public money. What is happening now is that IDA Ireland is making strategic decisions. It will support opportunities in every single county and region.

Some 80% of the money is still available for people with strong ideas for developing their enterprises. Enterprise is not about politicians moving pawns around on the board; that is not the way jobs are built.

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