Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy should not worry - it is being forward. It is so positive we did not want to bring all of the good news out so fast. Some 93% of the actions have been delivered on. It will be out on Friday.

Employment has increased throughout the country. Of the 56,200 jobs created last year, 84% were created outside Dublin. Two thirds of the jobs were created with the assistance of IDA Ireland and 50% of them were created outside Dublin. I am delighted with the projects. Some 281 were funded under the town and village renewal scheme; more than 900 Leader projects were funded, while over €20 million has been allocated for 370 projects under the rural regeneration infrastructure scheme. A total of 900 projects have been approved under the CLÁR programme. The local improvement scheme has been reintroduced with a budget of €17 million, while 1,100 road projects have been completed across the country. I provided some funding for the Atlantic economic corridor to ensure the local authorities would have a dedicated person in place to deal with rural Ireland issues.

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