Seanad debates
Tuesday, 10 December 2002
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
There is a reference in the spatial strategy to the declining number of people per housing unit. It is predicted that the number will fall significantly over the next 20 years. There are features of modern society such as marriage break-up and so on which will place greater pressure on the need for houses. In the case of a marriage break-up, two people live apart who previously lived together. It was a feature of society in rural areas – I am sure the Minister of State is aware of this from experience – where three generations of a family lived in the same house. Thanks be to God economic circumstances have improved to the point that people can build their own houses, hopefully on family land if it is available to them.
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