Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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No, I understand. I have a question on the heritage side of the portfolio. If the OPW approached the Oireachtas or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with a requirement for €5 million to patch up any damage done to Skellig Michael - I am not implying that any will be done; I am not on that side of the argument - how will we measure that request? Is it down to the number of boats that sail around it during August? Is it an act of faith that, if professional engineers and technical people in the OPW assert that these works are necessary for the preservation of an outstanding national monument that we ought to treasure, we do them?