Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

The Minister can make that statement later, but not in my time. I would believe him had we not had the experience of the Taoiseach saying in Sligo that it was a major issue. Before the General Council of County Councils made the decision requesting that the Minister delay publication, a Minister and Minister of State in County Galway — Deputies Ó Cuív and Fahey — were vying with each other, demanding to meet the local authorities so that they could have input — in other words, so that their arrogance could be imposed on us. The Minister is not aware of it, but it is the reality.