Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is welcome but there are three caveats I would put on it. First, it is a very complicated site that has a large population of the Traveller community who would need to be consulted. Second, there have long been promises that the site would be for sports and recreation facilities. Third, Fingal County Council has a long history of building large unsupported residential developments on the edge of Dublin city, Meakstown being the classic one where housing was provided and the community facilities are only now following, 15 years later. We cannot see that on the Dunsink lands, even though there is great potential on that site. Of course, there is also the observatory, which is a little gem. I would love to see more people getting access even to the grounds if not to the observatory itself.