Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. We can see very good roll out of this kind of instrument in our regional cities. We need to extend it to our towns and villages and it would be good to see measures in the budget in that regard.

The Minister mentioned that there are pre-commitments of €1.1 billion in relation to demographics. Has the Minister's Department done an analysis of the demographic pressure on public expenditure over the next few years, and will the €1.1 billion increase be similar over the next decade? What impact will this have on the public expenditure strategy?