Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We must be living in the most reviewed country in the world because every time I ask a question here, I am told a review is being done. Will the Minister explain how he can justify giving a town like Ballina the same amount of money as Dublin? I am not belittling the problems in Ballina but is the Minister telling me they compare to the totality of the problems faced in Dublin where just north of the river there are gardaí going around with machine guns trying to keep the peace? From what the Minister is saying, it is not evident that there is any urgency with this. How can he justify giving the city of Dublin, which has huge problems of social disadvantage despite being called a successful city by the Government, the same money he is giving to much smaller provincial towns?

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