Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When will Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party stop discriminating against people in County Limerick? We brought forward an amendment to the Project Ireland 2040 plan and the Government voted against it. The Government is stopping people building in towns, villages and rural areas because of a lack of investment. All of the investment to upgrade infrastructure is going into the cities. When you look at the towns and villages around County Limerick, the Government is saying it will invest in the upgrade of the existing structures but it will not allow for any additional capacity. That means SMEs and all the businesses in our towns and villages in County Limerick cannot go to the banks and tell them that their businesses need to expand because of extra footfall. The Government has stopped any expansion of any business in any town, village or rural area because of the lack of infrastructure. All of the funding is going to the cities and unless you are within 15 minutes of a city, your existing sewerage systems will not be upgraded. They will say there is existing capacity and that extra capacity will not be allowed on top of that.

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