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

I agree with the Cathaoirleach on that point. My other point, though, is that if we went back to the period from 2006 to 2011, we would find that the population in most areas was rising. From 2011 to 2016, then, there was a decline and from 2016 to 2022, there was an increase nationally. We must, therefore, keep indexing these data over a longer period because we get ups and downs in the economy.