Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make it absolutely clear that I am delighted that people on the north side of Dublin, whether from the Minister's constituency or other parts of north Dublin, are to receive extra services. What is not clear from the Minister's answer is why only a small portion of the money that he initially announced at the end of 2011 has been allocated and why the money that was allocated has been allocated first to north Dublin, the Minister's political heartland. Could he explain why that is the case? What are the criteria for selecting the areas to which money is allocated, and why has it not been allocated? On the face of it, according to the waiting list figures, there is as much demand and need in other parts of Dublin and other parts of the country as there was in north Dublin. Otherwise, inevitably, there lingers a suspicion of favouritism for particular areas.

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