Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The fact that the Minister is talking about compensation is acknowledgement of that there are worries when it comes to health, land devaluation, heritage and the landscape of the area. The word "compensation" would not come into the conversation otherwise. Is the Minister really asking us to believe that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Humphreys, who is from my constituency, sat down with him and said that it was okay to plough ahead with this project in its current guise? It is simply not allowable.

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