Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, for putting so much effort into answering everything but the question I asked to be addressed. I accept that a great deal of time was spent on drafting the reply but it does not address the issue.

IDA own all of the sites. I acknowledge that if Enterprise Ireland needs a building, it will be facilitated by IDA Ireland but many of the IDA-owned sites in rural Ireland are not being proactively managed. I am in the happy position of being able to compare the IDA's performance in my constituency outside of Galway city with the performance of Údarás na Gaeltachta. The latter proactively manages sites and puts them to multiple uses that create employment because it has an overarching responsibility in that regard.

I ask the Minister of State to discard the script and to try to answer the following question. Should consideration be given to the transfer of sites to Enterprise Ireland to ensure they are used for indigenous development rather than foreign direct investment?

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