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

There is no need to respond to these comments as they are statements. It was stated by Deputy Ó Cuív that many people want to live in Meath. That is the truth. It is a fine county. However, there are a lot of people living in Meath who do not want to live there. That is because they cannot get housing in Dublin as it is too costly. We need to go up vertically in the very centre of those urban areas.

I concur with Deputy Ó Cuív. Internet retail is sucking billions of euro out of the physical retail space on an annual basis. In 15, 20 or 30 years' time, I think there will actually only be a certain select retail space that will still be physically represented.

I thank the witnesses very much for attending. We appreciate it greatly. We wish them luck in their work and will no doubt have them before the committee again.