Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I would like to make it absolutely clear that anything my officials said at that meeting would have been subject to further discussions with the Department of Finance because they were not in a position to do otherwise. I know the officials involved and they would never have given undertakings unless they had been pre-checked. The indications given were at official level to the effect that the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs indicated it would be prepared to etc. I have no doubt that they said——

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