Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It troubles me that somebody of Ms King's experience would have that assessment of our Brexit plans. Perhaps the transcript of her remarks could be forwarded, for response, to the Minister in charge. Reference was made to the pressures in Dublin in terms of housing and so on. In regard to the national planning framework review and the national capital plan review, what role will Congress have in terms of the planning framework review and in terms of developing proper centres of growth that might help in alleviating the pressures on Dublin?

In terms of the capital plan review, one of the issues under discussion by this committee is the European Commission desire to release funding for capital plans and the Irish Government's reluctance to go down that route. What are the witnesses views in this regard and what are they hearing from their contacts in Europe in relation to freeing up funds for capital works and, in particular to returning to a point raised earlier by Deputy Cullinane, about decoupling capital spending from the fiscal risk?