Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I will bring him back to the comments he made last Friday after the meeting. He specifically referenced the IDA lands in Ballinasloe. There are 50 acres of land available there. Will the IDA acquire those lands which are currently in the ownership of the HSE? Will the IDA build an advance factory on those 50 acres rather than relying on the local community to try to fundraise to build an advance factory there? Will the Tánaiste direct the IDA to develop a marketing strategy for that 50-acre campus which is unique in terms of the infrastructure available and its capacity as development land? There is not another site like it in the country and it needs to be marketed nationally and internationally by the IDA.

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