National development plan and regions
A brief interruption on regional connectivity was followed by the Leader arguing the national development capital plan should promote jobs and balanced regional development.
It is very limited. I talked about improving accessibility.
Comment on this
The important point is whether we want a national development capital plan that promotes connectivity, regional development and jobs. I do not refer to Senator Mac Lochlainn now. He should not say I am doing that. The point is whether we want to create an opportunity to come in here and use it as a talking shop to get a few headlines in a newspaper. To be fair, the plan is about the people and the regions. Senator Leyden talked about decentralisation. It was the greatest fiasco that Charlie McCreevy ever had. It was "back of an envelope" stuff.