Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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Let me go back to my questions because the Minister for Finance is taking up my time.

I have a question for the Minister for public expenditure on the national development plan. I absolutely understand the priority for investment under the plan relates to infrastructure needed to support more housing and economic development. I agree with that approach. There is an issue in that, in areas where thousands of homes have been built, such as Clongriffin and Belmayne in my constituency although there are many other such areas in the country, there are infrastructural deficits because development levies have been waived under Government policy for significant amounts of housing that have been developed. I do not mean the recent waiver of the development levy to achieve more social housing. There is a deficit of infrastructure. Under the national development plan, will we be considering how to support the delivery of infrastructure in areas where there is a deficit thereof due to a lack of development levies?