Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The development of enterprise centres and the development of workspace through enterprise centres has been particularly important in supporting the creation of employment. The counties I represent, Cavan and Monaghan, have benefited from such developments. We all know of one- or two-person businesses that went on to be major national and international companies. We now need a new approach to the development of workspace and enterprise centres. We need a dedicated fund and we need substantial support to be channelled towards incentivising the private sector and/or supporting our local enterprise offices, LEOs, and local authorities.

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