Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Alongside the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, and the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, I will meet with Macra later. I would like to be able to meet their members at the gates but, as the Deputy knows, I will be in the Chamber until 3 p.m. or so. However, I will meet them to discuss their ideas and suggestions this afternoon and will be happy to greet them in Government Buildings and not for the first time.

In the round, rural Ireland is doing okay. Why do I say that? I say it because of the census. The numbers, which have only come out in the last couple of months, show the population in every county in Ireland is increasing. Not a single county is seeing a population decrease.

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