Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I presume the Deputy does not intend to take all the moneys for urban renewal, educational disadvantage, health and other issues from the line Departments and put them into the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. One of the Deputy's party's spokespersons suggested that all rural matters should be removed from this Department. It was suggested that the old Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands should be reassembled and that the community portfolio should be scattered to the four winds. I return to the point that the major expenditure must be done by the line Department.

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