Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, that is how the Deputy sees it. We must act strategically with public money and get value for money in how we spend it, whether it be on environmental or other schemes.

With regard to minimum payment, there is an agreed Council position. All 27 countries signed up to providing an option for countries that would not include a compulsory minimum payment. The Commission wants a minimum payment and the European Parliament has a view that is somewhere between the views of the Commission and the Council. We will work out a compromise eventually. Countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Austria and Luxembourg-----

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