Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

——and a lack of planning that has characterised economic development under the Government. The Deputy should be aware of that. The great shortage of affordable housing in Dublin has pushed people into surrounding counties, including my own constituency. Counties Meath and Kildare continue to take up the greatest outflow of people from Dublin. However, the jobs have not followed and this point has been made repeatedly by speakers from the Opposition.

County Meath has, in effect, become a giant suburb of Dublin from which many thousands commute to the capital every day. There is no proper public transport infrastructure and the roads are unable to cope with the volume of daily traffic.

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