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

After the witnesses respond I will call Deputies Connolly, Grealish and Fitzmaurice. I wish to ask a question. I am not a native of Galway, but one of the solutions must be about future planning. Will there be a higher density of housing? Will you increase development contributions in certain parts, perhaps to encourage people to develop where you want them to do so? There is the issue of going up rather than out and the question of areas that might require redevelopment. I do not know if you have a plan regarding what areas you want to develop first. However, the day is long gone where people can live where they wish in terms of spread out cities and towns. We have to be far more cognitive of the issues that cause the type of congestion being experienced.

Who wishes to speak first? I want you to be happy that you can comment freely.