Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. My experience has been that a lack of interaction and engagement is what is frustrating the process and preventing people from having an opportunity to comply with the guidelines and from knowing how to go about doing so. That is the crux of the matter. Openness and a willingness to co-operate with people would circumvent the problems that have arisen. That is why I am asking that there be a more open policy in terms of trying to engage with people. I accept that there are some cases for which there will never be an engineering solution that will result in a safe situation. That is acceptable and understandable, but I have seen cases where I think there are engineering options that would allow for development in tandem with the preservation of a safe road. However, we are not able to get to that point because of a lack of engagement. That is the point is want to make.