Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State is right to talk about the region. What is good for Galway is good for Mayo, and vice versa. There is engagement between both counties regarding both employment and movement. It is heartening that there have been 31 site visits to Galway by IDA Ireland-sponsored companies, that the Department is keeping the land banks under constant review and that there has been an advanced-buildings solution for Parkmore. I understand there is interest in acquiring some of the lands in Oranmore, so it is important and prudent that, where possible, additional lands be identified and sought that are close to - I will not use the phrase “contiguous to” - the infrastructure, including rail, motorway and electricity infrastructure. The economic corridor from Oranmore to Athenry is important as an economic driver for the county and, indeed, the city. So many people who live in the city work in the county, and so many who live in the county work in the city. Of course, the city-county boundary skirts through some of the sites the Minister of State has identified, including at Parkmore.