Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

I warn the Minister to be wary of demographic projections. Our current increase in population was not predicted by anyone 20 years ago and with regard to the dependency ratio, that we are now a country with an increasing population with net inward migration and the highest birth rate in Europe gives some hope the ratio will change and lessen. It may not be of the apocalyptic levels quoted by the Minister.

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