Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

I ask the Leader of the House to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, to the House to discuss IDA plans for attracting inward investment. To use a case study in the Milford area in Donegal, the IDA is trying to attract large-scale companies to a rural peripheral area, based on projections that there will be investment in services, broadband and roads. However, this is not happening and will not happen. I want the Tánaiste to tell us what are the IDA's plans and whether we are going down the right road in industrial investment. Maybe we should consider the creation of more indigenous jobs in rural areas.