Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Minister for his reply. I, too, must mention Ben Finnegan, an Erasmus student who brought this matter to our attention before St. Patrick's Day. It is disappointing that we do not have an initiative at home to make green the main State buildings, be they in Cork, Dublin or Galway. An initiative of this kind would be very good because we have some fantastic buildings that we could display. We should not rely on other European countries; we should take the initiative ourselves.

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