Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask two specific questions. Page 68 covers open countryside and refers to housing. Without going through the entire text, will the Minister of State explain two things to me? National policy objective 18b refers to rural areas under urban influence and facilitating the provision of single housing in the countryside "based on the core consideration of demonstrable economic need to live in a rural area and relevant siting criteria for rural housing in statutory guidelines and plans". Will the Minister of State tell me what "demonstrable economic need" is? It looks to be a major shift from what was in place. Up to now, nominally, it was a matter of family attachment.