Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Senator that what I have laid out is a detailed process that has to be and will be followed by the Government and all the various stakeholders to realise this crucial project. While it does not include specific dates, it includes clear objectives that need to be met. If we were dealing with an ordinary construction project or restoration, we would have a clear timeline, but we should all agree – and it is a good thing - that this is an extraordinary process dealing with an extraordinary part of our city and our collective history.

I shared the Senator’s frustration. I would love to be in a position to bring my kids into this interpretive centre tomorrow or over the bank holiday weekend. We all would. However, the project, when completed, will produce something we can all reflect on, particularly the Senator, given what she has put in and dedicated to this during her time on the city council and in this House. The finished project will be something she will take personal pride in and I look forward to congratulating her when the commencement date is fixed and, more important, when things are opened and in use. We are moving on in terms of the development of this project. The professional appointments are welcome and will move it on to where it needs to be. I commit to bringing back the Senator’s frustration and, more important, her positive contribution to this debate to the Minister and his officials in the OPW.