Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

This is a question. In some cases we are going ahead with capital projects that people do not want and the justification for which is questionable while in other areas there are projects that people want and the value of which is not disputed by most people but which are not proceeding. The waste treatment plant in north Dublin is one example. The local authority in my area is proposing to spend €35 million on a new administrative headquarters for the library which no one asked for and no one sought. Yet there are empty buildings in public ownership which could be used for the same purpose but the local authority will not give one third of that money to develop the tourist infrastructure on the seafront, such as Dún Laoghaire baths, which people have been crying out for and which could attract tourists to the area or to the Carlisle Pier. Will the Minister examine seriously such matters because it is a waste of money?

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