Irish Water and Killarney House
Senators welcome the forthcoming Irish Water debate and the Minister’s attendance, while also praising the planned development and reopening of Killarney House in the national park.
I welcome the fact that we will have a debate tomorrow on Irish Water and I thank the Leader for arranging it, and in particular for arranging to have the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, with us.
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He will be informative and will get rid of much of the needless speculation. While I will not call it idle gossip, people are far-fetched in some of the suggestions being put forward. As Senator Darragh O’Brien said, we will leave it until tomorrow.
I welcome the preliminary announcement by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, on Killarney House. I look forward to her making a detailed statement in this House when she returns from her duties abroad. In particular, I look forward to hearing from her the plans for its opening, management, staffing and what it will showcase, some of which we already know. There are 35 acres of wonderful gardens there. Senators O’Sullivan, Daly and Moloney will appreciate as much as I do the beautiful layout of Kerry marble there. It is beautiful.
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I compliment Senator Paul Coghlan.
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I had a preliminary tour recently, and we will say more about it in a week’s time, which I look forward to. It is a most welcome addition and a jewel in the crown of our foremost national park.