In the last Government I was charged with responsibility for local development which I found enormously interesting and challenging. I am glad to see it in the capable hands of the Minister of State, Deputy Flood, who I know will make a very good job of it and I wish him well in his new task.
In relation to URBAN does the Minister agree since the last urban initiative centred on north Cork and on Dublin, specifically on west Tallaght, Clondalkin, Ballymun, Darndale and Finglas, that given the population requirement of 100,000 and the great need in the south inner city, and in parts of the north inner city not covered by any other scheme, such as the Dublin Docklands Authority, Temple Bar or the like, that lung of the south and north inner city is very badly deprived and should be top of the list in any new urban initiative?