Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government
9:00 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The regional planning guidelines are recommending a very large increase in population in County Kildare, where I live. They are factoring in an increase of 83,000 people between now and 2023. However, the calculations for the county will still be made on the basis of it having a surplus. It is considered, based on how these things are calculated, that the additional population will not bring new needs. Will that be the case if nothing else changes?