Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The issue here is how we build upon the successes in the engineering hub in Charleville that grew out of decades of Golden Vale. How do we make sure Charleville is available and able to have the critical infrastructure and land available if there is further industrial development? It is quite obvious there are people looking for land for development within the Charleville region. The land banks are there. There is very little left in Charleville. How do we ensure there is a collaborative approach between the Minister of State, the Department, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the local authority? I welcome the Minister of State's remarks about working with us and I thank him for that. Everybody is willing to do this but we need to be able to bring everybody together to ensure land is available. The industrial and engineering works will continue to grow. We have seen the massive expansion in BCD over the past while and this company will continue to grow because it has the expertise and fantastic people heading it up. We need to ensure a land bank is available. I ask the Minister of State to bring about co-ordination between all the State agencies to ensure this land bank is available for further development in Charleville.

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