Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the situation relative to the general increase in population. In other words, if there was a 5% increase in the population of CLÁR areas and the average national increase has been approximately 7% or 8%, then these areas are still falling behind in relative context. If the population in these areas is actually declining, then we have got a crisis. We should be putting up a massive red flag if this is the case.