James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

It is just shocking in a prime location in the city centre.

In principle, the idea of a national children's science centre giving people good reason to come into the city is brilliant, but this has been an absolute shambles. In fairness, Mr. Conlon has acknowledged that nobody wants this. Mr. Conlon cannot say it because he is in an arbitration process, but let us call a spade a spade here. He said that no Department made an application for capital funding. Nobody wants this. The State has basically said we do not want this. At some point some line Department will need to change its mind. If it does not change its mind, how will we reach finality in this process? If there is not sufficient private money to fund the national children's science centre, and if it requires public money but no State entity is willing to put forward public money, how long could this conceivably go on for?