Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)

10:00 am

Mr. Chris Byrne:

I will not delay. I will make one observation on the older community and how Leader has helped it. I was at a wedding recently at which I spoke to the former head of the Presentation Sisters, Sr. Frances Crowe. She told me that the Presentation Sisters have a number of convents in rural areas around the country that they cannot get the Government or the local authority to take possession of. I will give the committee an example of one-----

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