Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was a rearguard action. Dublin City Council was willing to consider it in hindsight. Given that, why were five concerts not considered at the outset as a once-off? Given the lessons we have learned and the pressures and difficulties it brought on the council and everyone else, it could have been decided that it would not to be allowed to happen again. Could the concerts not have been allowed to proceed in the interests of the economic benefit to the country and the city?