Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask the Tánaiste about Dublin's O'Connell Street. The "RTÉ Investigates" documentary last week encapsulates many of the problems that probably any of us who live or work in the city knew have been happening there for a long time. I put it to the Tánaiste that the issues on O'Connell Street are vast and complex and require a multi-departmental approach. Dublin City Council is pointing at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Garda is saying it cannot police what are ostensibly health-based issues. In six weeks' time, the Tánaiste potentially will be the Taoiseach. Will the Tánaiste commit to having a Taoiseach's task force on the rejuvenation of the main thoroughfare in our city's capital because it is long past time we had leadership on this issue?

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