Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Glynn welcomes the national spatial strategy and why would he not do so with its references to midlands towns such as Athlone, Mullingar and Tullamore? Athlone is at the centre of the three. He requests that the issue of the management of housing estates be discussed. That is a county council matter rather than a national one. We will be told very smartly that we are interfering too much. While I agree that it is an issue, it is a local one.