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

We have an ideal site in Carrick-on-Shannon for that. I want to focus on this pipeline coming to Athlone, which is very positive. However, as the Tánaiste knows, we have a challenge in Athlone on both the Roscommon and the Westmeath sides in terms of available development land. Yet, 15 minutes up the road we have 50 acres of development land with water, waste water, fibre optic cable, gas and the motorway on the IDA campus and adjoining lands at St. Brigid’s Hospital in Ballinasloe. I have asked the Tánaiste before and he has agreed to look at the potential for the IDA to purchase some of those lands at St. Brigid’s and develop a new industrial park there, just west of Athlone, to exploit that pipeline that is coming into Athlone at the moment. Can I get a commitment from the Tánaiste that the IDA will secure additional lands there and will market that campus in Ballinasloe?

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