Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Something should be done about it. The review is one thing, but a clear signal has to go out that people on current schemes that were renewed every year will not be left high and dry. They have a legitimate expectation in respect of a contract. Many press releases issued show that there is one layer after another like an onion being peeled, and we cannot get to the truth of what is going on. If it is tough news, it is tough news. I will stand over tough news as a member of a Government party, but we have to be straight with people. If these schemes are not funded, it will be a disaster. I ask the Minister to properly fund these schemes so that no scheme will go to the wall because money is not put into it. That must be the true measure.

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