Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the announcement by the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, of an allocation of €20 million for civic offices for Roscommon County Council in Roscommon town which will create 100 jobs during construction of the multistorey building. It is a great boost to the industry, as well as the staff, the county manager and all those who serve as councillors, as I did when I initiated the project many years ago, to see it coming to fruition. That is the advantage of having a Minister or a Minister of State. Having the Minister of State in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government ensured the project would be pushed forward. We will now have tremendous offices located in the town.