Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

That word has been used many times this week.

I ask the Minister to terminate Waterford County Council's application for 6,000 acres in County Kilkenny that will change the administrative boundaries of south Kilkenny. This is causing much annoyance, anger and antagonism among the citizens of south Kilkenny. If this proposal goes ahead it will mean that Waterford not only gets 6,000 acres from Kilkenny, but also approximately 5,000 people with a projected population of 18,000 in the next ten years because of the infrastructural developments that have taken place there at the behest of Kilkenny County Council. Not only do people feel culturally——

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