Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)

We will leave that to the people. I will not speculate on that question at this stage.

A Fianna Fáil led Government will lay hands on this sort of loot in the run-up to a general election and use it to buy votes. The Minister minimised this line in our argument on Committee Stage. If a Minister can provide funding for a community project in his area, prior to the election, he or she will ask that community to reciprocate with votes.

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