Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

It is two years since A Vision for Change was published. In those two years, the Government and the Minister regularly paraded the commitment to, and implementation of, A Vision for Change. We have now been informed the plan was only sanctioned on 14 February of this year. How can we believe anything the Minister of State says if that is the case? In early December, the Minister expressly said that €51 million was spent in 2006 and 2007 on the implementation of that plan. We now find out that €27 million was spent and not €51 million. Will the Minister of State address the issue of asset stripping?

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