Ms Kata Tütt:

The Deputy and the Government know that cohesion policy is not a charity fund. The functioning of the Single Market increases all of our GDP together by 8% or 9%. Every single penny, euro and cent that goes into cohesion has a very high return in the European market. It is quite clear it is not distributed clearly. Every single country does its own maths and these maths work. It works for Ireland too. It is a net contributor in the budget, but if we look at the economy, the export sector and how important the Internal Market is for Ireland, we can clearly see that the economy, and, in the end, the budget absolutely benefits.