Rural development and regional promotion
Senator Conway-Walsh raised concerns about the failure to promote and resource regional institutions under the rural development plan, and the Chair indicated the Minister would be present later that evening.
I will be at a meeting of the finance committee then.
I call on the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Humphreys, to return to the Chamber to explain how, on one hand, action No. 124 of the Action Plan for Rural Development asserts that, "these regional institutions will have greater industry links, support enterprise, underpin diversity and promote access and participation on a regional basis with a view to significantly boosting our capacity to create and retain jobs in regions", when, on the other hand, there is a failure to market, promote and resource the Mayo campus. I call on the Minister and, before he leaves, the Taoiseach to restore "Mayo" to GMIT.
