Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

I want clarification on that because this is sending out false signals and inaccuracies to the people living in the north west, who pay their taxes but cannot get investment in roads or cancer services or funding for 70 extra beds in Letterkenny General Hospital. My colleague, Senator Cummins, hit the nail on the head, that we do not have a population base big enough to cater for public-private partnership and, as a result, no private investor is willing to come in to Donegal or the north west on any project, be it roads, health, etc. That is why we did not get gas connection and proper road infrastructure.