Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A problem I have, which I know Mr. Barry will appreciate, is that the greater Dublin area, while it includes County Louth, runs as far as the south side of the town of Drogheda, so we are particularly disadvantaged because we are not in that area. No doubt Mr. Barry would agree with that. As Dublin, the towns and hopefully the cities around it develop, that greater Dublin area definition will change significantly. It must, in some respects.