Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 November 2003

National Development Plan Mid-Term Evaluation: Statements.

 

Comments are also made in the report in respect of regional balance. While the report states that the regional balance is better as a result of the national development plan than it would otherwise be, the ESRI is not happy. I am not happy either with the balance of investment between the southern and eastern region, which is not the same thing as the south east region and the BMW region. One of the problems to which the report refers only in passing is that there is insufficient disaggregation in the southern and eastern region. The south east region has done quite poorly in recent times and I draw the attention of the House to the limitation of an analysis which only divides the country into two regions.

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