Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)

I wholeheartedly agree the Deputy. I thank him for his words in acknowledging the importance of local knowledge. Sometimes that is key. To be fair, there is a new Minister in place. In the previous Dáil, the secretariat corresponded with Cork County Council and the OPW. The previous committee requested that appropriate solutions be put in place. We will definitely include this petition in our consideration for a hearing. It references very well the point about local knowledge. Is it agreed to link this petition to the materials and decisions relating to the petition that was submitted to the Thirty-third Dáil, namely No. P00035/24? Agreed.

That concludes our consideration of public petitions for this afternoon. I genuinely invite members of the public to please submit petitions via our online portal, which is available at submitapetition@oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest, or an issue of public policy. I call Deputy Ahearn.