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

In essence, that has happened. We conducted an investigation and, as a result, we were satisfied that the file needed to be handed over to the Garda for investigation. Hopefully, this case can be fully investigated quickly and we can get to the bottom of it and sort out the payments of any farmers who may have got caught up in it in an unfair way or inadvertently. If people are drawing down money on false pretences, we must expose and deal with it.

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