Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

In the same vein, we need a debate on job policy in the north west. Senator Bannon alluded to competition and there is an ongoing debate about Eircom and what went wrong with the take-over bid. It was a mistake to privatise Eircom because there is a monopoly on telecom provision in Donegal and companies will not go there because it is too expensive and there is no competition. That is only one aspect of the infrastructural deficit we face in terms of creating jobs. This is a serious issue. There are no announcements of major job losses in Donegal because there are no jobs.