Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State spoke about it in the same way that I would like to talk about it. The CPO process is being initiated in Kerry. I gather from the way the Minister of State spoke that the officials went down to speak to the people on the land and got agreement.

They got other stakeholders to talk to the landowners as well. That is how we would have preferred our projects to be carried out. Now, we are going down the road of the compulsory purchase order process and I do not know where that will finish up. Who initiated or suggested that Kerry County Council should undertake a CPO? Where did that come from? Those of us on Kerry County Council were told that it came from the Department.