Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The facts are clear enough. The Department believes it should preserve a small number of buildings and the public believes the block bounded by the two lanes should be preserved and developed in a sympathetic way. My question is whether the Minister is willing to consider some process or forum or other way forward which is very inclusive to try to get common ground on how we resolve this issue. In the absence of that, our next option in opposition is to proceed with the Bill we put forward by bringing it to the committee and, through it, to the pre-legislative process and then into the Oireachtas. It appears that without a forum that is the only way forward. As an alternative to that, is the Minister willing to consider an open dialogue with the interested parties, including representatives of the main political parties, so that we can try to marshal all the facts on every side and then find a common way forward?

See this speech in context