Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the subject of pilots, I want to congratulate the Minister on the meeting of the Cherry Orchard task force that took place this week. It is not my area but it is very welcome. There is some frustration in the Ballymun area, where there has been very extensive engagement with officials in the Department of An Taoiseach. Funding has been put in place but there is no point having funding if it is not spent wisely. We need access to the senior officials group, which Cherry Orchard, Darndale and the north inner city have. The Department of Justice has been particularly instrumental with regard to Darndale. I ask the Minister, Deputy Harris, to use his offices to ensure this is done. This is about access to senior officials. We are not talking about funding here. We are not talking about recommendations. They are all in place. This is the last piece of the jigsaw and I would appreciate the Minister's assistance on it.

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