Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

On the second point I wanted to raise, the Government promised a debate on the OECD report. There is a report in the newspapers this morning that Dublin City Council is having to reconsider the major housing regeneration programme in areas such as St. Michael's Estate and O'Devaney Gardens because of funding difficulties. Central to the OECD report and the ESRI report of yesterday is the understanding that the Government will continue to invest at the appropriate level in the national development programme.

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