Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I am not straying from the debate. This issue is about inland waterways and is about canals and so on. Despite his missive to Monaghan County Council, the Minister is clearly accepting the situation of a care and maintenance mode under the direct Ministers. He should not accept that. As a democratically accountable Minister, he has a binding responsibility to the Irish people to pursue proactively——

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