Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is no agenda in this Government in discriminating against Limerick or rural areas in general. There is an unprecedented capital investment programme in local infrastructure the length and breadth of the country. The issue will be delivering in terms of the capacity constraints in the economy, including the availability of labour and other issues. The town and village renewal programme will result in investment in towns and villages in Limerick and across the country and that is being provided for. The urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, funding to Limerick was significant-----

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