Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

It seems strange that on 1 December the Minister indicated that the OPW had recommended a site and that he was going to put this site forward to Cabinet and did not, as a result, want to announce details about it. Surely the OPW would have reached agreement on a price with all property owners at the location, Coláiste Mhuire, before that recommendation was made. What went wrong? Was agreement not reached before the Minister's announcement or did the OPW only make its offer to the property owners following that announcement?

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