Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We were always very unsure about the nature of the playing fields offer. We engaged with them and worked it through, but they were not willing to give us joint ownership of it, which would even amount to a case of the State having half the proceeds were they to sell the land. They have a point of view on this issue with which I do not agree, that the lands are in use by schools. I do not agree with their point of view and wish we could have taken full ownership of the lands. If we had taken full ownership, it might have been possible, for example, to squeeze in a new primary school in a growing area on one section of the lands, or something like that, but that has not been the case.