Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

Not only is it a public document communicated to the council, but the announcements about County Galway were well covered in the excellent journal, The Connacht Tribune. I ask Deputy Higgins to forgive me, as I do not have specific notes on the matter, but one can find a full-page report on the matter dated 19 May 2002, possibly on page 2 or 3. However, that is not the issue. We can start to examine how the breakdown occurred after the event has been resolved, as it is more important to put all of our energy into solving the problem.

I have had discussions with all of the Deputies from the area. Not only is this issue critical to the affected families, but——

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