Ann Ormonde (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister of State to the House and compliment him on his grasp of this area and his feel for the subject. I know he speaks from his own experience as a member of Dublin City Council for many years.

I also served more than 19 years as a member of a local authority and I have seen the achievements to date. Nothing happened between 1985, when I became a councillor, and 1993.