Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Senator and I could work together on this issue. Once agreement is reached on the new corporate entity, Meath County Council, that will have the particular lands and properties in its stewardship, we may be able to work out arrangements. As the corporate entity being established subsumes the current entity, Kells Town Council, I am not legally in a position to accept the Senator's amendment. I do not have any difficulty with the spirit behind it, however. We will check, with the assistance of the Senator's colleagues on Meath County Council, the existing covenants and agreements to ascertain what we can we do. The Senator is seeking safeguards.