Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We could go for a private bond issue. We could go to the European Investment Bank. We could go to the Strategic Investment Fund. We could look at other general taxation measures to bring our infrastructure throughout the country up to such a standard that it may be worth contributing something. Why set up the super-quango? There were Kathleen McTiernans in every local authority in this country, well capable of delivering a service and the infrastructure if they were given the investment. Instead, we set up the super-quango.