Sean Barrett (Independent)

I was very pleased to hear Senator Coghlan compare Killarney national park to St. Stephen's Green. Those of us who live in the greater Dublin area will help him defend Killarney and I ask him to help us defend St. Stephen's Green because it is under threat from an extremely expensive and wasteful project which is damaging in environmental terms, namely to dig it up to make an underground railway station. I ask Senator Coghlan and the Leader to have a word with the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. He is inclined to cancel the project and the Ministers, Deputies Noonan and Howlin, might be happy with the money that would be saved. As we are on the topic of St. Stephen's Green, I compliment the Government on removing one of the eyesores in the area, namely, the Anglo Irish Bank sign. It was a great development.