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

We can play around with words all we like. While 50% of the jobs are outside Dublin, there are very few of them outside the cities.

If we are going to get a proper regional spread, it must be outside centres such as Galway The Minister of State is aware that in our region this is where all the jobs are going currently.

We spent a huge amount of public money on broadband infrastructure. We spent a huge amount of public money, which is being allocated at the moment for urban and rural regeneration, to make our towns and rural communities nice places to live. We have a unique opportunity to attract multinational investment into every village in Ireland. No other country in the world can do it. We need to market that properly.

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