Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Hogan mentioned that one of the objectives is to stop the growth of certain towns. Earlier he mentioned County Meath, which is a concern for many people who live in County Meath. I imagine the objective was adopted because a few satellites towns located on the edge of Dublin have grown at a rapid rate. Logic dictates that one should curtail the growth of those towns, to a certain extent, and redistribute the growth elsewhere. There is a housing need at present so beggars cannot be choosers. We need houses.

I imagine there is a concern in counties like Meath that natural growth could be stopped.

How would one seek to stop the growth of certain towns?