Funding for Cork Harbour
Wyse says Government funding decisions are undermining the IDA’s efforts to attract industry to Cork and calls for urgent action; Bruton replies that harbours are the responsibility of the Minister for Transport.
The Minister mentioned responsibility. The Government's first responsibility is collective responsibility. Surely the Minister is aware that Cork is now a disaster area where unemployment is concerned. He mentioned the efforts of the IDA to attract industry to Cork. At the same time the Government are jeopardising the initiative of the IDA by not providing the necessary money to establish a proper harbour in Cork. One statement by the Minister is contradicting the other. It is about time there was collective responsibility between the Minister and the Minister for Finance.