Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

They also suggested these finds cannot be looked at simply as individual and unrelated finds that may be impacted upon by the construction of the motorway but that they form part of the total archaeological collection in that area. They pointed out that the concerns which they raised during the environmental impact study, EIS, process were not taken into account and given adequate weight. There are echoes in that of matters which were known at the time the EIS was done on the M50 and which were not taken into account in respect of Carrickmines.

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