Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I suggest the Deputy raise the question in the first instance with the council. I will certainly raise it with the Labour Party councillors when I get a chance to see the television programme.

However, in regard to the national monument, I am well aware of the extent of the monument. I was taken on detailed and personal tour by James Connolly-Heron, the great-grandson of James Connolly, the founder of the Labour Party, which took a number of hours. I am very well aware of the issues involved. I am also very well aware of the responsibilities the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Deenihan, has in regard to this matter. The Deputy is trying to link two things together which are not necessarily linked. The allegation of wrongdoing is a serious allegation made in the programme. The first responsibility we, as democrats, have is at local authority level. It has direct responsibility for the city manager and for what he is or is not doing. The Minister will make his decision in due course and I can assure the Deputy she will be more than happy with it.

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