Seanad debates

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

2:30 pm

Photo of Paul CoghlanPaul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I am not in a position to argue with the Minister of State on the facts. The Minister of State is correct in commenting that the park is beautiful and that we all want to keep it correctly but I see the courts as a last resort. I refer to the Muckross jarveys, not the town jarveys who initiated the judicial review process to which the Minister of State refers. They believe, rightly or wrongly, that the Department had predetermined the case. I am not aware that this is the case. I do not act for them, nor do I hold a brief for anyone in this matter. I hope the Minister of State sees me for what I am, namely, an honest broker. I want to see resolution of this dispute and I do not want to see the interests of the trustees of Muckross House, no more than those of the Department or the park, suffer any more.

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