Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the Leader programme, Deputy Pringle's county got €1,475,000. Under the town and village renewal scheme it got €1,159,000. Under the CLÁR programme it received €245,488. Under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme it got €104,000. Under the local improvements scheme - listen to this, loud and clear - it got €3,384,000, the most money given to any county in the country. If the county council had spent that money, they might not have needed me to prioritise the scheme for them. In total, Donegal got €9,000,038 from my Department last year. I can tell Deputy Pringle this: Donegal has a very good representative in the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, because he made strong representations. He is a good Minister of State and a good TD, and that is why Donegal got €9 million.

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