Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I did not suggest access to the sites should be free. They should be commercial and those running them should not behave like hospital administrators when they run out of money by putting up prices and closing wards. That is what the OPW did when its budgets were cut. If the operation of the sites was tendered, the OPW could keep the money and it would have a genuine incentive to encourage visitors.

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