Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 November 2003
National Development Plan Mid-Term Evaluation: Statements.
I know the Minister hears this day in and day out and that Ministers throughout the country are fighting for their own regions. However, the BMW region has Objective One status. It is acknowledged as an Objective One area and, as Senator Higgins acknowledged in terms of the European Union, it has been discriminated against. It needs urgent funding for roads, broadband services and any other type of investment that will help to create jobs in the first place, never mind sustain them.
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