Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

As the Taoiseach mentioned the Carrickmines Castle case, would he accept a synopsis of it would indicate that a joint application was made by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, to effectively destroy a national monument and then the Minster gave approval to himself for the action to go ahead? Does he not believe that the original National Monuments Act 1994 did not envisage that the Minister would make applications and then apply to himself for approval——

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