Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not have anything to add to the points I have already made. As I have outlined, I am considering the latitude that might be available under the rural development programme for further expenditure under the beef data genomics programme. Existing commitments mean that the latitude which is available, if any, is not of the scale suggested by Deputy McConalogue. If the Deputy is suggesting that a full commitment of funding for the beef data genomics programme under the rural development programme should be done at the expense of other schemes we are already committed to funding, he needs to be honest with people and say what those schemes are.

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