I wish to bring the Taoiseach back to the programme for Government, specifically the strong emphasis it puts on balanced regional development. I know he has spoken to me before about this previously. Recent Central Statistics Office figures show that 700 people living in County Roscommon must get on a train or a bus or into a car every day and travel to Dublin for work. Imagine if the Taoiseach were to announce today the opening of one enterprise or two or three enterprises with 700 jobs in Roscommon. It is shocking that so many people from rural Ireland must travel constantly to Dublin, where the whole place is-----

Is the Deputy talking about promised legislation?

I refer to the programme for Government. In fairness, I do not break the rules. This is in the programme for Government. We are over 20 months into this Government, but very little has happened on regional development. The Taoiseach talks about it the whole time and constantly says it will happen, but it is not happening in our county or many other rural counties. When will we see real jobs coming to the regions? These people have to get up at 4 o'clock and 4.30 in the morning. I know the Taoiseach likes people who get up early in the morning, but if they could get up at 7 o'clock or 8 o'clock, it might be better for them.

As the Deputy will have heard me say before, unemployment has fallen and the number of jobs has increased in every county in Ireland; 80% of the new jobs created in the past year or so were created outside the Dublin area. Obviously, people make decisions for many different reasons. I appreciate it is a very long way to travel from Roscommon to Dublin, but there are people in other rural counties who choose to commute and who want to live in rural areas and commute to work. One cannot assume that if 700 jobs were provided in Roscommon, all these people would necessarily give up their jobs in Dublin and take up the jobs in Roscommon.