Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

The briefing document for the previous Government has exposed Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív's position. Deputy Michael Colreavy observed that it was regrettable that the previous Administration had not dealt with the issue. On the contrary, people in rural communities should breathe a sigh of relief that Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív and his colleagues in government did not deal with it. Their proposal was to inspect every household, to charge €300 for so doing and to have a standards-based legislative approach to our obligation in this regard. That is the document to which the Deputy and his colleagues in government were privy and it is the proposal for which Deputy Mattie McGrath voted.

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