Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)

2:00 pm

Mr. John McMahon:

I was there. It was an atrocious day but I think Army personnel are well kitted out in terms of protection against the elements.

I wanted to come back to something the Deputy said earlier about the effect of the events in the Phoenix Park. Even though the park is a big place, there is no doubt that the various events impact on the locality which Deputy Burton represents. I am fully aware of that. As a public sector organisation, the OPW wants to be good neighbours to everybody in the area. To that extent we will engage, as we do in any case through ongoing consultation, in a more intense consultation with our neighbours and internal stakeholders in the park, as well as residents associations and others who are impacted by the park. That will take place in the new year. The Deputy might be glad to hear that. Would the Minister of State like to add anything?

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