Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will come to that. I could not let it go without saying something about Harold's Cross. It is closed and locked up at the moment. A dispute has arisen. Bord na gCon is losing €30,000 per week according to the documents I have before me. That is a great deal of money. Has any progress been made on that? In hindsight, would it have been better to do it differently? The sale to the Department of Education and Skills of Harold's Cross might not go through for five or six months. Would Bord na gCon not have been better off to have left open the gates of Harold's Cross? It was one of the top three earners in the country. Would it not have been better to keep in going and keep people happy and then have the sale and close it, rather than the way the board did it, which was by stealth?