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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cork Athletic Track.

Use of Dublin tartan track

Summary

Mitchell challenged the Minister over whether Dublin’s track was being fully used and what was being done to improve its use. The Minister disputed Mitchell’s interpretation, and the Chair ruled the matter separate from the Cork question.

Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

May I take it from the Parliamentary Secretary's reply that he is not happy with the administration of the track in Dublin?

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That does not arise on this question. Personally I should have preferred if the track in question were located somewhere on the perimeter of the city where it would have been available to thousands of young people who would have used it.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

Is the Parliamentary Secretary saying that the track is not being fully utilised? If that is the case, what steps is he taking to see that it will be fully utilised?

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

We are getting away from the original question.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

No, it is based on the Parliamentary Secretary's assertion.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

It is acting as a reminder. That is about the only relation to the question.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

The Parliamentary Secretary's reply was based on the assertion that the track in Dublin was not being used to his satisfaction. I want to know why this is so and what steps he is taking to ensure that the track is used to his satisfaction.

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The Deputy's interpretation of what I said is not correct. I am sure I do not have to tell the Deputy that the tartan track in Dublin is not located in Cork, the area to which the question refers.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

I am calling Question No. 16.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

With respect, I did not introduce the tartan track in Dublin. The Parliamentary Secretary has based his unwillingness to consider the proposal for Cork on the same financial basis as the track in Dublin on the fact that the track in Dublin is not being used satisfactorily. I am asking him if he has taken any measures to ensure that the tartan track is more satisfactorily used.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

That is a totally separate matter. I am calling Question No. 16.

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