Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is great disappointment on this side and among many of the campaigners with regard to the Government's decision on the matter. The only reason Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would refuse to recognise Moore Street as a national monument is to leave the door open to development in Moore Street that is not in sympathy with a national monument. If that were the case, Members would simply declare it a national monument today. The decision they are making with their vote is to leave the door open to the destruction of parts of a national monument.

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