Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

There are many that should shoulder the blame, not least the Department, the European Commission and Greencore, but can we salvage something from this? I support the point made by Deputy Coonan. I am not preoccupied with the issue of whether a factory is built in Mallow or Thurles, but an industry can be re-established. Thousands of growers and factory workers were sacrificed on the altar of this deal.

Will the Minister leave the past behind, look at the report of the European Court of Auditors and decide this is a viable industry whose cornerstone is alternative energy? Will he run with it?

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