John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support the Minister. We can focus on the discussions but I heard the Minister repeat continuously that those negotiations and discussions are going positively. Deputy Ó Ríordáin knows about the tictacking that necessarily goes on between Departments. I look at my constituency of Dublin South-West and the projects needed there, including Gaelscoileanna like Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna, which we were waiting for 25 years and which the Minister has delivered. Another six or seven school projects have opened during the lifetime of the Government.

People need to be positive and take the Minister at her word. While I am on my feet I must also plead for my constituency.

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