Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I know he is no stranger to that part of the world and spent time there learning the Irish language many years ago. More recently, he was with me in Dún Chaoin and helped resolve a matter relating to the local playground site. The island is not far from where we were in September 2021. I invite the Minister of State to come down and take the trip across later this year if he can and ideally stay the night on the island, which is a wonderful experience. It is important to see the lack of facilities on the island and in particular, the danger for people trying to disembark and board vessels on the island. It is dangerous and needs to be improved. When I was working with the former Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht , Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, as his parliamentary assistant back in the mid-2000s, I recall this issue being on his desk and the Minister trying to progress it. It has been an issue for a long time and needs to be addressed finally.

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