Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State, Deputy Breen, will be aware of a report published last week. It was an economic advisory report carried out by EY-DKM for Limerick City and County Council. The report specifically said Limerick was an attractive destination for FDI in light of Brexit. It went on to suggest potential activities, including accounting, business support services, payroll, HR, technical support desks, including IT technical support, software development and other research and development innovation. It talks about back-office support and so on.

I am making a case for Limerick. I know it best. There are two Members present who might make a case for Waterford or Cork. I ask the Minister and Ministers of State if they will ensure the IDA is aware of this report when it is encouraging people to come to Ireland and that it does not put all the eggs into the Dublin basket.

We debated the national planning framework in the House last Friday. It proposes a 50% growth of the cities outside of Dublin. That will only happen if these kinds of proactive measures are taken to ensure this kind of work goes to other cities besides Dublin.

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