Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the national spatial plan; if he will confirm media reports that he plans to designate a number of economic gateways and hubs in his new plan and focus these designations solely on cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2285/17]

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