Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)

Can the Minister convince this side of the House that he will not be subject to the diktat from the Taoiseach that there will be a pull-back in some national development plan projects? As Deputy McManus said, the Minister described in panoramic terms the roll-out of next generation broadband. Will he be curtailed in his spending by this new directive on a reduction in expenditure on the national development programme?

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