The T\u00e1naiste\u2019s admission that members of the Cabinet have yet to see the completed Dublin City Taskforce report has been described as an extraordinary abdication of responsibility by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.<\/p>\n
Deputy Gannon, who is a TD for Dublin Central, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I questioned the T\u00e1naiste in the D\u00e1il, he responded that the media seemed to know more about the report\u2019s recommendations than he or the Cabinet did.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven more worrying, when I asked if a budget and timeline for solutions to the city centre\u2019s problems were included in the report, he said its findings would serve as \u2018a catalyst for debate\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter almost six months of work, the taskforce report only appears to offer vague, uncosted measures on broad issues like housing and culture \u2013 and even contains the frankly ridiculous notion that RT\u00c9 could relocate from Donnybrook to the GPO on O\u2019Connell Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrustratingly, none of the plans, if you can even call them that, have been costed or budgeted for.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the Government now in its dying days, this vacuous report seems timed to score political points for the Taoiseach and Fine Gael instead of resulting in real action to rejuvenate our city or make it safer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is clear now that there was never any genuine intention by this Government to make the inner city a safer, cleaner, more liveable place.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix months of work cannot only result in further debate. Public money should not be used to fund projects that only serve as virtue signals for a Government looking to secure another term.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust like with the Leinster House bike shed, security hut and the National Children\u2019s Hospital, exchequer monies have once again been spent in an inappropriate manner, leaving Dubliners shortchanged.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Taoiseach must now reveal how much this latest in a long line of reports on solving Dublin\u2019s problems has cost the taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n
October 18, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The T\u00e1naiste\u2019s admission that members of the Cabinet have yet to see the completed Dublin City Taskforce report has been described as an extraordinary abdication of responsibility by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon. Deputy Gannon, who is a TD for Dublin Central, said: \u201cWhen I questioned the T\u00e1naiste in the D\u00e1il, he responded that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,316,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dublin-city-centre","category-gary-gannon","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n