Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am doing my level best. At the end of the day, there is a working group. I met the group twice and am hoping to meet it again shortly with the Deputy and others. I am open to meeting any group but I inherited a situation where a working group was established that was multifactoral across the spectrum in the community. I want to work. The Deputy is correct: the M4 is the access point. I want to go through a process to get to that point. My motives are genuine. I want to work with everyone. I want to have a meeting with the overall working group to see once again what is the best approach. If people decide they want to work separately, I have no issue with that. My main objectives are what I can do to get the staff back in the short term and what we can do to get an access point and permanent parking in Castletown House and Gardens. The M4 is the obvious solution. The question is how to make that happen. I was asked by the group to approach the owners of the land, which I did. I agreed to go back to them through the OPW and report back to the group. We will take it from there. Ultimately, we have to get a resolution whereby there is permanent access and permanent parking. I am conscious of how important Castletown and the grounds are to the people of the wider area and the people the Deputy represents.

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