Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a matter for Kildare County Council rather than central government, but the closure of a playground for 18 months, without any alternative arrangements being made, sounds a very long time. It is not a matter over which we have any jurisdiction, but I will certainly make enquiries and ask Kildare County Council to look again at its plans.

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