Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I could mention all of that too. If my colleagues want me to make a speech about Tallaght I could rise to that. Tallaght is a great place. It is the third largest population centre in the country and it has great facilities it never had previously. I only wish we had the capacity to have a harbour facility. Deputy Blaney suggested to me earlier that perhaps we could find space in Tallaght for another lake close to Blessington and perhaps we could have a little harbour there.

I wish the Minister well with the Bill. Colleagues around the House have a great interest in the matter. It is good we are discussing it. Everybody in the House should have an interest in all legislation. Just because there is no harbour in our constituencies does not mean we are not interested or that we do not have strong views and are not prepared to make those views known. I will continue to do that. I look forward to supporting the Bill.

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