Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

The concert at Slane Castle over the weekend was a great success and more than 80,000 people turned out to see the magnificent concert staged. There are concerns and improvements are needed but a licence must be acquired to have concerts on a once-off basis. The successful record of concert attendance in Ireland over the past two or three years in particular is above the European average.

I was at one or two of the first concerts held at Slane and the issue brought to our attention today may be put to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on his next visit to the House.