Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Development of Rugby: Motion.
This is an extremely important matter. The issue regarding Connacht rugby is much wider than the amount of money that is being made available to people in the province to play with an oval ball. That is the issue upon which we are focused, but if we stand back we can see a broader picture. We can see a part of the country which is deprived of infrastructure, which has poor roads and railways, which is beautifully attractive geographically but which is struggling to make itself attractive in other ways. We need to compensate by positively discriminating in favour of such areas. That is the only way we will deal with a variety of issues.
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