Louise O'Reilly

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191 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3 Jul

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Today with David McCullagh · The Gathering · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah.

Well, I think I heard it's not just the preserve of people that live in the country to want to live close to where you're from.

I think that's actually quite natural.

Yeah, well, I mean, you ask people growing up now in my area, Kevin, if they can afford to live near their parents and they can't and they're moving to other counties because they're chasing affordable housing.

I mean, the government's idea of an affordable house in my area is £565,000.

That's not really affordable.

So people are having to move further away.

What we do need to see, absolutely, I was really struck by the report from the GAA because we had the authors of the report in at the Social Protection Committee and they talked about rural decline.

I think that has to be addressed.

I think we do need to look at that and look at developing sustainable communities that are not necessarily fixated on, you know, one specific part of it.

That's down to the government's absolute lack of planning in relation to transport infrastructure.

So when we talk about building communities...

But you can ensure that people are close to bus routes.

I mean, not everybody has a bus that goes past their front door, David.

I don't.

Most people don't.

But if you can walk close to where the bus is and if you have... Building a sustainable community is about building in transport, is about...

building in ensuring that there's Wi-Fi and good planning now good planning is not something that Fianna Fáil in particular but this government in general are famed or noted for so look we have these draft guidelines now what we need to do just let me finish for a second we have these draft guidelines now

What needs to happen is that detailed engagement with the people who are going to be impacted.

We want to see the housing committee have detailed scrutiny and engagement on this because there is time while the strategic environmental assessment is being done.

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