Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am concerned about the future of the technological universities Bill and the impact on proper regional development unless the legislation is brought before the Dáil quite soon. Is it true that the Independent members of the Government are vetoing the Bill? It is absolutely vital to develop our institutes of technology in all our major cities and towns, particularly in the regions, if we are going to have a greater power to attract investment and industry led by the IDA. We want to see more investment in industry but without the technological universities Bill I am concerned that very little investment will be attracted to the regions in future.

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