Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I am not giving any such assurance this evening because the Minister is engaged in negotiations. I would not dream of giving such an assurance in the House on a sensitive matter like this, but I am sure the Minister will progress matters to the best of his abilities. We must progress these matters.

Deputy Bruton speaks regularly about the need for proper control of public expenditure. The reality is that the farm waste management scheme was a demand led scheme, the eventual cost of which bore no relation to the original envisaged cost.

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