Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It will not be a case of putting this aside for a couple of years. We had the first regional strategy before Christmas, which covered part of this area. It was quite beneficial and there will be planning for that in a couple of months. We will not make plans and leave them sitting for two years. The Action Plan for Jobs has been an annual plan with a 90% success rate each year. Likewise the regional plans will show annual targets every year. It is not a case of producing a plan that will be allowed sit there for six or seven years. That is not going to happen.