Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and echo Senator Rose Conway-Walsh's sentiments. We are seeing the same problems happening in County Galway. A particular issue I would like the Minister to look at is Leader on the islands, the reorganisation of the Leader companies and the fact that the islands have now been separated and not been given a specific Leader budget. This is a particular disadvantage to the islands. It did not make any sense and it needs to be looked at, so perhaps the Minister could do so. There are issues in Galway which we might raise with the Minister again, but the issues Senator Conway-Walsh raised are being felt across the country in many rural areas.