Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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To take the criteria as they exist, however, with 87% of the population within 5 km, 99% of the population within 10 km and 83 ATMs per 100,000 population, that is more guaranteeing that access to cash remains at its current level. If it is decided not to include the 5 km criterion but the criterion in terms of the penetration per population, of 83 ATMs per 100,00 people, has to be met, it would be more lucrative to take an ATM out of rural Connemara and put it into a Spar shop in Dublin Central. The community in Connemara would have access to an ATM within 10 km, rather than 5 km as was previously the case, but the overall higher level of coverage would still be met.