Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sympathetic with what Deputy Boyd Barrett has said but I am not sure that at the moment I would have any real function in meeting them, bar listening. I do not think after that I would be in a position to interfere in a process which is ongoing. If I were to meet them in the expectation that I would then interfere in the process, it would be wrong. It would also be wrong of me not to meet public representatives, and by that I include members of Dublin City Council and the local authorities. It would be wrong of me to refuse them point blank on any issue apart from on time grounds. I would be happy to meet public representatives and if Deputy wants to bring a group of all views to meet me, I will do so but do not expect me, as a result of that, to intervene in a process which is, of itself, moving slowly and not quite quickly enough.

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