Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is a very interesting outline of all the funding our county got, except for the CLÁR funding. That is what this question was about. It was about CLÁR funding, over which the Minister has discretion. If one looks at the figures across the country, one sees where the funding went. It did not go to Donegal, I contest, because Donegal's votes were guaranteed. That is the reality of the situation. Donegal is in need of CLÁR funding. It has 6.4% of the district electoral divisions, DEDs, in CLÁR. The funding it received was 45% below the pro rataaverage for the country. We can go through the counties and see where the funding went. Will the Minister make sure that this will not happen in 2018, and that the funding will go to the counties that deserve it?

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