Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with much of what the Deputy said. Of course, there were clear lessons in the message people sent to the previous Government in the recent general election. The reason an action plan will be published later this year by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Humphreys, and the Ministers of State, Deputy Ring and Deputy Kyne, is to respond to the agenda to which Deputy Harty refers.

Such an approach has worked well with the Action Plan for Jobs in delivering national economic growth. The Deputy is correct that this must be felt across all parts of the country and we need to ensure such jobs growth does not benefit only Dublin or our larger cities. If we want to have sustainable economic development and growth, it must take place outside our large cities. This is why an action plan will be published later this year to put in place the milestones and deliver and make further progress against the agenda which the Deputy articulated.

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