Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He acknowledged the clear response that the group's intention that the site would be neither transferred nor sold to the State. This has been made clear on an ongoing basis by the board. That correspondence referred to a telephone conversation indicating that a long-term lease of 299 years could be considered. That is the Government's position - that the extended lease of 299 years could be considered to address the issue of ownership, and it does by the way. Let us put away all the nonsense. Of course, it does - 300 years at €10 a year is ownership.

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