Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The community is fully aware of the facts. On foot of the article of 8 November in the Roscommon Herald, the situation was made crystal clear. If the article's facts were corrected and IFI had denied approval, which was not the case, how could the work have been carried out? The application was never submitted.

Roscommon County Council submitted an application today. It has acknowledged on local radio that the application should have been submitted previously. We will engage with Roscommon County Council, as we have already offered to do, but I will not accept in this Chamber stories that are being twisted around in the local media to the effect that people started the work believing that everything was in order. The council was well aware of the situation. The local community was also aware, as my officials have been speaking with it.

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