Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister just said it and I am afraid the reality is that he wants and intends to renege on the commitment that land would be made available directly to the community. What might come to the community by way of community benefit from the development of the land is incidental and has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the Minister's Department. He has no control over or role in that fact. The decision makers in Kildare County Council who decided, unbeknownst to the elected members of the county council, they would not accept the land are no longer there. They are no longer there to answer why they refused this land. I ask the Minister, finally-----

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