Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will just say a couple of sentences. We are in extreme crisis in this country with regard to the two tier society we have. We have a spatial distribution of enterprise and population that is way out of kilter. It is hurting rural Ireland badly and Dublin city too. There is poverty in both areas due to the fact there is imbalance in the development of our country. It always amazes me the level of energy we seem to put into the hijinks of parliamentary activities in the Dáil when we should be putting the same level of energy into trying to fix the problems affecting the people we are supposed to be representing. This Bill is a very small step towards the possibility of helping those people. The idea of putting it on the long finger makes absolutely no sense. I will press my amendment.

See this speech in context