David Norris (Independent)

I have no doubt that we could put one into Roscommon eventually. I have no problem using the money on infrastructural projects if we do not need it.

On the matter raised by Senator Finucane, namely, the Intel investment, the position is slightly different from that which he outlined. There were four competitor areas which included China, as identified correctly by the Senator, Singapore, Israel and North America. There was a very useful radio programme on the subject this morning. It would be useful to debate the issue in the House. I would like to hear from Senator O'Toole and Senator Ross, who has very clear knowledge of this area and expertise therein. It seems extraordinary that the European Union would cut off its nose to spite its face. There was no internal competition within Europe for this investment. We were not competing against France or Germany or some such country. Why should the Union not compete against Singapore, China and Israel?