John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

It is on the record that there were others who voted with Liam Lawlor in the 1980s. That was published in The Sunday Business Post and it is worth going back over it because it reveals the reason the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, does not take action against anybody on the opposite benches. It states:

The Tánaiste proposed or seconded seven motions with the former Deputy Lawlor for section 4 approval or material contravention of the county development plan. The proposed developments included a section 4 directing officials to grant a planning application for a Mr. V. Cosgrove for a restaurant at Rathcoole service station on the Naas Road. A planning official said at the time that "the proposed development would endanger public safety by reason of a traffic hazard".

It goes on to state that there was a development for a Mr. Henry Beattie. The article states:

Mr. Beattie was a Fianna Fáil activist and neighbour of the Tánaiste at the time. A section 4 motion proposed by Deputy Lawlor, seconded by Deputy Harney, directed the council to grant permission to another neighbour of the Tánaiste [that is Mr. Beattie] for a bungalow at Brownstown, Newcastle.

All this is on the record. It further states: "At that stage——

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