John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The final point I would like to make is about urban regeneration funding. I have seen how successful that is in my home town of Dundalk. It is absolutely incredible. The Ministers of State, Deputies O'Donnell and Noonan, are both well aware, dereliction breeds dereliction. Where there is one derelict building, that leads to two, three or four derelict buildings in an area. We have pumped serious amounts of finance, millions and millions of euro, into Dundalk in the last couple of years for urban regeneration. It allows people to move back in over the shops in our city and town centres. I am interested in hearing the views of the Ministers of State on this. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, comes from Limerick and the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, comes from Kilkenny, both of which are urban settings like the one I come from. Where do they see that urban regeneration funding going? What can it achieve in the next five years or by the end of the decade? What is their vision for urban regeneration and what we can do with it by 2030?