David Norris (Independent)

I welcome the Minister to the House on this positive occasion. I recognise the presence in the Visitors Gallery of Professor Brian Norton, whose name has already been referred to several times in the debate, as well as a distinguished group from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

I welcome this development because it is on the north side of Dublin. We have seen consistent asset stripping by this and every other Government of everything from the north side. Thank God, at last, something really important is being put back.