Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

How can anyone take seriously anything the Government says if that is the way it is going to do business? Spending of €1.45 billion was promised, absolutely crystal clearly. The Government made no bones about it. It was promised very clearly by the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney. It was not qualified in any way. In fact, there was no room for qualification in what he said. When he met the farming organisations and talked to the press, he doubled down and was very clear in that.