Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wrote to the Minister after a debate in October or November. The residents are being forced to take legal action. That is not right. The county council kept on building these houses. We are all for houses but in this area the only green area they had was taken up. There are heaps of other sites. There is one site down the road with 25 or 30 acres on it. They insisted in building on a green area and the residents have been forced to go to court. The county council kept building in spite of the fact that they were legally told to stop until the decision was made in the courts. That is very wrong and is no way democratic or fair.

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