Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy and I agree with much of what he says, although not all of it. I live in rural Ireland and I particularly defend the right of rural people to live in their rural communities absolutely. I fought that fight many times on Monaghan County Council as well when directives came from the Government that there could be no one-off houses and areas should be under strong urban influence. A plethora of stuff is coming back to bite us now. I spent 12 years as a credit union manager in Cootehill in County Cavan and I absolutely believe there are huge opportunities in working with the credit union movement to provide support to local indigenous industries. Nobody knows better than the local credit unions the character and ability of people to get a business running. Those people know best as they are on the ground.