3 4 CHAIRMAN: Good morning, Ms. Dillon. 5 6 - The Tribunal of ...
3 4 CHAIRMAN: Good morning, Ms. Dillon. 5 6 - The Tribunal of ...
3 4 CHAIRMAN: Good morning, Ms. Dillon. 5 6 - The Tribunal of ...
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1 Q. 15 Right. And was it the position, when South Dublin County Council moved to<br />
2 Tallaght and had its head <strong>of</strong>fices in Tallaght, did you become aware and know<br />
3 for a fact at that stage that in fact the entire place had been developed by<br />
4 Monarch Properties in conjunction with GRE?<br />
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5 A. I wouldn't have known the details but I would have heard the name coming<br />
6 through. It wouldn't have been significant to me to dwell on it.<br />
7 Q. 16 You wouldn't have regarded the development <strong>of</strong> the town centre at Tallaght as a<br />
8 significant development for south Dublin?<br />
9 A. Oh yes. A significant development for south Dublin but in terms <strong>of</strong> the<br />
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10 ownership <strong>of</strong> it, it wasn't important to me.<br />
11 Q. 17 Right. And when tax designation was given for Tallaght in order to encourage<br />
12 development in Tallaght, would you have regarded that as important or<br />
13 significant?<br />
14 A. Well I would. Anything that would create employment would be very important<br />
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15 to me.<br />
16 Q. 18 And wasn't it a matter <strong>of</strong> much comment and discussion at the time that tax<br />
17 designation had been given to Tallaght for the sole purpose <strong>of</strong> encouraging the<br />
18 development <strong>of</strong> a town centre?<br />
19 A. Well, I'm not aware <strong>of</strong> that now to be quite honest with you I cannot recall.<br />
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20 But I am sure that I would have been aware at the time that it was important to<br />
21 develop the Tallaght area because there was huge black spots <strong>of</strong> unemployment.<br />
22 So naturally anything that would help create employment, I would be aware <strong>of</strong>.<br />
23 Other than that, I wouldn't have given it any pour more importance.<br />
24 Q. 19 And you became a senator for the area as well, isn't that right?<br />
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25 A. Senator would be for the whole <strong>of</strong> Ireland if you like.<br />
26 Q. 20 Yes.<br />
27 A. Not so much for the Tallaght area. But I was a councillor in the Rathfarnham<br />
28 area which was part <strong>of</strong> the South Dublin County Council.<br />
29 Q. 21 Yes. But you were also a senator, isn't that right?<br />
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30 A. Yes.<br />
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