Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fundamentally disagree with the Deputy, who has the matter completely wrong. I have in my hand a list of 100 organisations, all of which were written to, in direct and personal letters, in connection with the EIS document, which is a report on the consultation process. Among those consulted directly were Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire Harbour Authority, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Friends of the Irish Environment, the Health and Safety Authority, the Irish Chamber of Shipping, the Irish Coastguard, the Irish Fish Producers' Association, the Irish Fishermen's Organisation, the Irish Maritime Development Office, the Irish Port Company Association, the Irish Seal Sanctuary, Irish South and East Fishermen's Organisation, Irish South and West Producers' Organisation, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, the Irish Wildlife Trust, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and South Dublin County Council. There is a complete and thorough list of organisations consulted on this issue. Therefore, I refute everything the Deputy said in regard to consultation. She did not get it right; her research was wrong, and she does not have the facts. The next time she comes into the House I ask her to ensure she researches the subject properly in order to tell the truth to the people in the Visitors' Gallery and in that constituency. The fact is everybody was consulted. In this democratic Chamber the Deputy is the elected representative of those people. I ask her to do her research properly in future.

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