asked the Minister for Industry and Energy if, in view of the high unemployment in the Inishowen Peninsula, he will make a statement on the efforts being made by the IDA to procure industries for the two empty advance factories in Carndonagh and Moville, County Donegal.

I am informed by the Industrial Development Authority that the advance factory at Carndonagh is at present occupied on a temporary basis by the Atlanfish project. Despite the efforts of the IDA, no interest has yet been shown in the advance factory at Moville. The IDA are continuing to promote these factories and the former Gerritsen Cooper factory in Carndonagh for suitable industries.

I would add that in four years 1978-1981 the IDA created over 300 new grant-aided jobs in the towns Buncrana, Carndonagh and Moville. Moreover, manufacturing employment in each of these towns increased in 1982 by an average of 10.5 per cent over 1981.

With all due respect, we are not interested in the jobs that are there, we are interested in unemployment in the area. I would like the Minister to ask the IDA to take a special interest in this part of Donegal where there is a high degree of unemployment.

The Deputy may not be interested in jobs that are there but I am and so are the IDA. They are not to be wished away by a facile supplementary question like that. However, knowing the area as I do, I will bear in mind the problems faced by the Inishowen Peninsula and, in reviewing industrial policy with the IDA, convey my concern and that of the Deputy to ensure that areas like this are given priority.

I do not appreciate the Minister using his experience of manipulating words to give the impression that I am not interested in jobs that exist in the county. Of course I am interested in those but I am more interested in obtaining further jobs. I take exception to his remarks.