Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not do it. If a way of matching funds and reopening the LIS can be found, I am prepared to consider it. We are committed to going down that road. It was included in the programme for Government and is intended to be an early beneficiary of economic recovery. On the Deputy's prompting, I would be happy to speak with the Minister, Deputy Ring, about the issues that Deputies Ó Cuív and Aindrias Moynihan raised with a view to doing this. There is no way that we will not explore the possibility. If there are drawbacks or if it is impossible or a bad idea, I will tell the Deputies that. For the moment, however, we will enter into talks about matching funding and determining whether this is a possibility.

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