asked the Taoiseach if the Government have any plans to set up a new Department for the regional development of industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers - Industrial Development Department.
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The Government are satisfied that existing arrangements to deal with the matter are adequate and have no plans to set up a new Ministry for the regional development of industry.
Does the Taoiseach not think, now that we have regional authorities and such a necessity for developing the west, that there should be, for some years at least, a special Department for the regional development of industry?
I am not satisfied there should be.
Is the Taoiseach dis-interested then in the industrialisation of the west?
That does not follow.
It may not follow, but it is certainly an indication that he may be.