Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The last ten seconds of the Minister of State's script actually dealt with the question and I welcome its inclusion in the operational programme. Perhaps a lot of time could be saved if the first minute and a half of the response did not comprise another rehash of the Department's press release. I acknowledge this is not the fault of the Minister of State, who is provided with a script. Nevertheless, the details and information are there and I welcome that. It is something that should happen because it is important for sustaining the shellfish sector in particular. I look forward to seeing a programme being put in place as part of the operational programme and to ascertaining how that will work.

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