Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was going to say something similar. The European Commission will examine favourably future programmes and has committed to the continuation of existing programmes. While we are in the early days of discussions on the next round of the EU Cohesion Fund policy, we should be bringing forward concrete proposals to the Commission for additional programmes or areas to be covered. I wonder what ideas the Minister has in that regard or whether he will feed into the discussions. Particularly in the light of the scenario post-Brexit, it is important that we start that round of discussions as soon as possible.

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