Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am not saying that they have to address the issue of school capacity. We pay a lot of attention to the utilities that are required for houses; we do not often pay enough attention to the services that are required to make them homes. We always look at waste water and drinking water capacity, and even road capacity. Public transport is another factor. I have often seen an application being submitted, which states that the development is in close proximity to public transport. It never gets down to the nitty-gritty detail of how often that bus arrives and what the expected modal use might be as opposed to cars and public transport. In a way, it is tokenistic. The application will state that there are plenty of schools nearby and there is public transport. These are the issues that generate difficulty in a local area.