Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is important that the Government does not hide behind the success of existing companies in Donegal to justify us not getting our fair share of new investments. Companies such as Pramerica, United Health Care and SITA, among many others, have really thrived and are now a tremendous part of the local economy. We need, however, to see the Government continuing to push that on in the future. The companies we would hope to grow in future would be new ones which would come to the county, alongside companies already there. That is where the Minister and her Government have been falling down and have not been prioritising the county. As the Minister stated in her own figures, we have only had three first time investments in the past ten years. The Government needs to pull up its socks and ensure Donegal becomes a priority again.

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