John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

I must take it that Dublin City Council will listen to its own heritage architect and determine whether this particular issue should interfere with it in deciding whether to grant planning permission, and what conditions might apply. As far as I am concerned we, or at least the development group, replied to the issues which were raised by Dublin City Council. Those replies were comprehensive. I look forward to a decision from Dublin City Council by the end of this month. If planning permission is granted, I assume an appeal will be made to An Bord Pleanála but that has been factored into the timeframe. We remain on course for construction to commence in 2007 and it is estimated to take 29 months. I do not have a crystal ball but every deadline has been met thus far.

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