Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Nothing could be further from the truth and the Minister of State knows as well as I that his party's delegates — God love the poor creatures — will be at that Ard-Fheis for the whole weekend, where they will be told again and again by two of his ministerial colleagues, who have been very loquacious in the area over the last few years, that they have at last been saved and that redemption is at hand. That is all nonsense, since nothing is changing. There has been an alleged change in guidelines, but An Taisce came forward this morning and reassured everyone that nothing would change. Of the appeals which An Taisce brings to An Bord Pleanála, 98% end in refusals. I had a case a few weeks ago——

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