Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have never passed the buck since I left school and that is a good few years ago. I told councillors in that area that we all need to sit down together, including the local authority, and find a proper solution to this issue. The Deputy is correct that everybody is passing the buck. That will remain the case until we all sit down together and are led by the local authority, however. I will facilitate that happening, as will my colleagues, and will try to arrive at a successful conclusion. Talking in the House achieves little. Deputy O'Keeffe has been talking about this for a long time and I gave him the information that would allow him to get the local authorities to sit around the table. I will facilitate that.

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