Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to make one more point before we start. It is a pity we are almost one third of the way through the year before we even get to discuss how the money was laid out. Already a lot of decisions have been made and a lot of water has gone under the bridges on the Corrib, but one thing we do not have, which is a huge lack, is the six monthly report on the action plan for rural Ireland, which should have come out in February. That means we are lacking information we really should have. Perhaps the Chairman can ask the Minister when we will get the six monthly report, and why we did not get it in time to have digested what is in it and have a few very pertinent questions on the progress made under the report. The report covers the wider remit that does not come under the Estimate. It is the wide role the Minister has across Cabinet in making sure rural Ireland is looked after.