Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said, I do not disagree with what the Deputy said. In a roundabout way, what I get from his contribution is that the plan, the delivery board and those charged with making sure it happens need to be more flexible and adaptable, in respect of the changes in weather, climate, economics, demographics, and everything else that is out there. Nobody thought, 12 months ago, that the population of County Galway would have arrived in this country over a little more than 12 months. Our population is now soaring at a rate we did not even anticipate 12 months ago. The Deputy is right that the flexibility and malleability of the plan and delivery board to deliver specific projects and specific areas of infrastructural requirements will obviously have to be reflected based on the challenges and risks to us at present. This should include the ones we see, not to mention those we cannot.

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