Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)

We woke up this morning to news that, finally, a proposal was going to the Cabinet on the implementation of the recommendations of the Dublin city task force. I thought this was brilliant and that perhaps now, after four press conferences and about two years, we would get some detail. I listened but we got a rehash of the same announcements that had been made three times at this point and absolutely nothing else. The city is in decline and needs leadership. We thought this was what the announcement was going to be about but it just seemed to be a useful press release for the Government. I ask that statements be put on the agenda to discuss the implementation of the task force recommendations.

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