Today I again bring up the issue of the Castletown estate, Celbridge, where there is a stand-off between the local people and the OPW. I make a special appeal to the senior Minister at that Department, who is taking the Order of Business today, to listen please to what the local people are saying. They have no reason at all to prolong any engagement that might be seen to benefit them. Every person I spoke to over the weekend was of the same opinion. They are at variance with the action that was taken by the OPW without any cause whatsoever. I ask the Minister to intercede with the OPW to restore the temporary access that was used for the past ten years from the N4 to the car park in Castletown House with a view to ensuring the present impasse be resolved.

I acknowledge that the Deputy has been raising this consistently over recent months. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, and I are very much aware of his keen interest in this and his determination to try to find a way to resolve it. Given that this is a complex matter and that there may well be negotiations that will happen in the future, I do not want to undermine our ability to secure a good outcome for the Deputy and for the taxpayer. I absolutely commit to continuing to engage with the OPW, as does the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, to try to find a way forward on this matter. I know the Deputy is frustrated with it and we will continue to try to do our best to move it forward.