John Whelan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have every respect and serious regard for the comments and contributions of Senator Barrett, who is an expert in this area, as he has raised genuine issues and concerns. However, I thought the purpose of today was to start again. When Governments do not listen to people and when Ministers ignore people they are accused of being arrogant and detached. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, has come into House with his hands up and said, "We made a bags of this first time around so we are starting over and trying to put it right."