Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have to get value for the State in the first instance. We will consult the Department of Education. I presume the Bishop of Raphoe is the patron in this case. The OPW will ask if the patron has an interest. However, we cannot operate on a mañanabasis. I know the site. The former Minister of State, Dinny McGinley, is a good friend of mine so I know it. We cannot leave derelict sites in the middle of villages. If we do, Deputy Doherty will be on to me to say there is a clapped-out former Garda station in the middle of the village. The local Tidy Towns committee will be asking for it to be cleaned up, and the Deputy will be writing a different letter to me. We are damned if we do, and damned if we do not.