John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Fergus O'Dowd for his compliments, but my hurling days are behind me at this stage.

I will correct my earlier interruptions. I would have no difficulty if Drogheda was to be included in the living city initiative, although it would have to be renamed the living town initiative. Seeing as it is called the living city initiative, it is only appropriate that all cities are included in it. It is a very good initiative. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd is not the best at mathematics and I think he used to be a teacher. With a population of over 25,000, Kilkenny has far more than one quarter of Drogheda's population.

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