Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----but I do not accept his premise that rural Ireland is in some way deliberately being disadvantaged by the Department - far from it. As he is aware, the thrust of Government policy in Project Ireland 2040 and investment will be to skew investment in favour of the regions. It follows on the policy we pursued in the context of the Action Plan for Jobs which saw employment growing in all regions. The Deputy will be aware that as late as last Monday his constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, opened a new €30 million water treatment plant in the constituency.

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