John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The other area I spoke about was the metropolitan area strategic plans, MASPs, and how they were designated. Originally they were handed down by the Department and the regional assemblies did not have scope to be able to adjust those. This is a bone of contention for me and rightly so. It is not a parochial issue. It relates to Waterford and how Tramore, which is 8 km out the road, is not included in the Waterford MASP. That is incredible when one looks at Cork, Galway and Limerick which go far in excess of 8 km, 10 km and 15 km in some places. That feeds into the transport elements which have to be factored into planning. To only look at the city and suburbs and not looking at Tramore which is a de facto suburb of Waterford city is incredible to me. Is that addressed or will it be addressed going into this process? That is so important for me.