Departmental Meetings
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-17
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Denis Naughten (IND), Roscommon-Galway

I will again bring the Tánaiste back to the comments he made last Friday. He stated on the local radio station that the 50-acre site is underutilised. That is not in the ownership of the IDA. Will the Tánaiste ask the IDA to acquire and market the site?
I welcome the fact that we are going to have a new regional enterprise plan.
I suggest that Roscommon and east Galway should form part of the midlands enterprise strategy, given that Athlone is designated as a growth centre and that we saw the closure last week of Shannonbridge power station and tomorrow of Lanesborough power station. If we are talking about a just transition across the midlands, surely all the local authorities and communities impacted should be part of a single regional enterprise strategy.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-17