Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It was not just a matter of applying for the grant.

He would also have had to produce money out of the air. There is only one thing easier than spending money in the future, at which Fianna Fáil is very good, and that is spending money in the past, at which it is becoming even better. Fianna Fáil is rewriting history and stating the money was available, but we know what the financial position was in 2011. We also know why it was thus in 2011 and it had nothing to do with the then Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar.

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