Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In less than one year we have seen a huge number of short, medium and longer term measures and the community recognises this. When I attended meetings with the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, it acknowledged the importance of the initiatives that were under way and the investment being made. Unlike Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, it actually acknowledges that there is a long way to go. There were 30 years of under-investment.

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