Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

——have found a very positive view. Since it is coming up to the summer break, we have a DVD that was made by the RAPID groups all along the west coast. A copy is being made available to every Member of the Oireachtas so they may see what the RAPID communities are saying about themselves. I had no hand, act or part in the preparation of this DVD, and neither had my Department. This was something they decided to do for themselves. They are saying it is a positive story and I suggest we listen to them rather than what the media tell us they are telling us, which is very different.

As regards the funds in my Department, as I said I have reservations——

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