Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Per capitagrowth in the west is one quarter of what it is in Dublin. Unemployment is almost three times higher along the Border, and in the Minister's constituency, than it is in Dublin. Broadband speeds are 36 times higher in parts of Dublin than they are in parts of the regions where they cannot get broadband. The north-west quarter of the country is without rail or motorway service while Limerick and Cork are connected by a single carriageway. How does the Minister expect to reverse the lopsided growth in the State if we do not address the lopsided infrastructural state of the country?

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