Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

The State is not prepared to get its house in order but is seeking instead to pass the burden onto individual rural dwellers. It is typical of how the State operates. I am not blaming the Minister or the Government specifically; it is typical of how the apparatus of the State functions. Standards are set down with which individuals must comply while the State itself is not so obliged. That is unacceptable and if the Minister does not address it, he will run into serious difficulty.