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1 MS. DILLON: Unless what is printed there and what is printed in relation to
2 all of the minutes, absolutely, and now that the representations don't seem to
3 be available to us, that appears to be the position. Any suggestion from
4 anybody that these representations relate back to matters that happened before
5 the 28th April 1993 is ill founded because the factual position shows that
6 these lands did not go on display as a change or a proposed rezoning until
7 after the meeting in April and in the end of July of 1993.
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9 MR. HOGAN: Well with respect --
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11 MS. DILLON: The other point I should draw your attention to is the Irish
12 Times' report on the day following the September meeting which had been put to
13 Mrs. Owen because she was quoted in it, which is at page 607, in the Irish
14 Times report following the meeting of the 29th September, it referred to
15 "Referring to 2,530 objections to this scheme received by the council.
16 Mrs. Nora Owen of Fine Gael accepted that Portmarnock Community Association was
17 opposed to the rezoning" That was put to Mrs. Owen when she was here and she
18 accepted that position, so it appears the daily newspaper's contemporaneous
19 record on the day following the 29th September meeting also referred to 2,530
20 rezonings which would suggest that the figure is not in error and I am putting
21 it no higher than that.
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23 MR. HOGAN: Mr. Chairman, if I might just respond briefly, firstly, so far as
24 the latter point is concerned, the documentation we have seen from the
25 Portmarnock Community Association appears to be dated April of 1993 and at a
26 time when they were aware, the circular from Mrs. Weberly, if memory serves me,
27 were sent to everybody seems to raise an objection to the Fox and Mahony lands.
28 The second point is, of course, contrary to the submission of Miss Dillon, with
29 respect, of course it would be possible these representations to have been
30 received and there's two distinct possibilities: One is that the people would