Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Cromwell's words, "To hell or Connacht", have been enshrined in our memory. However, when the Taoiseach was making the appointments yesterday, even at Minister of State ranks, he appears to have forgotten Connacht. I realise that he is a west of Ireland Taoiseach but a Taoiseach cannot function as a Minister. I am appalled, in the interest of balanced regional development, that Galway was forgotten.