Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent)
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I welcome Ms McDonagh. I am coming from a very objective background because I live beside the Islamic mosque in Clonskeagh. I have come here with a completely new ear and new eye, which can be interesting in terms of the questions. Is it true the De La Salle site would accommodate everything very well if the money was there to be put into it? Has the archdiocese of Dublin spoken to the De La Salle Brothers? Are the De La Salle Brother selling the site? Did the architect look at the De La Salle site since he was so quick to look at the Dominican site? I despair at architects who make people live in boxes which they call apartments. Most of them have no vision and no creativity. It is all about economy of scale and is not about anything else.

Would it be possible for this committee to visit the De La Salle site and the Dominican site if we are to take this argument further?