Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

The second issue is the average age now in many towns and villages along the west coast is ten years older than it is in towns such as Ballbriggan, Naas and Navan. The reason is young people in this State, on average, who go to university and get university jobs cannot get jobs in the regions. They try to get jobs in Dublin but cannot afford to live there and so are forced to live 20, 30, 40 or 50 miles away and commute on a daily basis. That is the reality people are living with.

You would not know it from this debate, but there is a swell of anger in rural and regional Ireland at present as regards what is happening to the country. I agree with Deputy Stanton in respect of the fairness of the funding. Cavan-Monaghan got 10% of the local improvement scheme for 2022-----

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