Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy seems to be under some misapprehension as to the process in regard to an bord snip nua. I did not talk to an bord snip nua. I had no contact with it. I was not asked to have any contact with it. An bord snip nua can make whatever recommendations it likes but at the end of the day I will outline my priorities and those of the Government. If programmes are suggested for cuts, whether capital or current, I will make a judgment on that and make my views known at that time.

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