Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This issue has been raised at Cavan, Monaghan and Meath County Councils particularly by Councillors Seamus Kyne and Clifford Kelly and it is an issue of ensuring fairness for the people of the north east. We were told that this inquiry included assessment of the feasibility of putting cables underground in other parts of the country and while we are told it is possible to do it in other parts of the country, for some reason only known to EirGrid, it is not possible to put the cables underground in our part of the country. All we are asking for is fair play and fairness. I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister to come into House in order that we can have a discussion with him on this matter.

With regard to the 1916 commemorations and the part our respective parties played in that, even though we only became parties after it, we should have a very balanced approached to this. Nobody has a monopoly on knowledge or on the part their people played in it. While we are discussing history, is Senator Gilroy now writing himself out of the history of the Fianna Fáil Party, of which he was an member for many years?