Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

Who had the golden share? The Fianna Fáil Government did. Fianna Fáil handed over the sugar industry, a viable industry in this country, and now we are trying to get back what we should never have let go. That was one of the regressive steps. Ireland, in general, both urban and rural, has not got over what happened on that occasion.

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