Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----resolve initially to place the major part of the responsibility on the local authorities. They are best placed for this. By virtue of what has happened over the past number of years, we have reached our current position. There are no other bodies in the country better placed than local authorities. That requires money that can or has been provided in budgets and how they use it is up to themselves. They are the people who have the first charge on the issue and who are in the best position to be able to say how quickly they can do that job. If we diversify into other areas with other options, we will be here in six months or six years doing the same thing. We need to concentrate on the issue and put the responsibility fairly with the people who know the job better than anybody else.