Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let us look at the 12-year period outlined on page 6. Had we made sufficient investment in water security over that period, would we not be in a significantly different position than we are now? Right now, to the world at large, the Irish farmer is the bogeyman. Can the case be made, that if we had invested sufficiently in water security, we would not be where we are today?