Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I would like to know what planners are doing to facilitate people by ensuring a reasonable distribution of petrol stations. I seek an urgent debate on planning. Petrol stations are being closed solely because of their site value. Seven petrol stations have closed along my route to the House, including, last week, a station on Sandford Road which was one of the largest in the city. I raised this issue with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government at last night's Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting.