Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Counties Cavan and Monaghan are unrecognisable compared to when I was a child. Nobody lived or worked in some towns because there was no purpose to doing so. There was nothing to keep us there. They are just getting on their feet. Certain towns and villages still have a long way to go. This could wipe us out.