Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ballacolla in County Laois, Wellingtonbridge in County Wexford or somewhere down in west Wicklow does not need the same density level. That is the issue. While I know it is a policy matter, Members of the Dáil and local authority members are frustrated and feel that, if officials include something in the draft Bill, it is difficult to get the Government to change it. It is not just Deputy Verona Murphy who has made this appeal time and again. I share some of her concerns. I am for more compact densities where that makes sense, but there are some places it does not make sense. There is also an economic argument. It is uneconomic to stick to such densities in areas with smaller populations. That is the-----