Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, I would like the Minister to apologise to Cork County Council for the comments he made earlier that the council never applied for funding for the pier at Union Hall. It did so under the Minister’s guidance. When he came down to Union Hall and was having nice meals, or whatever he said, he advised the council to apply for scoping and feasibility funding, which it did, and the Department refused it. The Minister needs to correct the record. The council will be writing to the Minister about this matter, because he made a very serious allegation, and against my brother, but we are thick-skinned and we will not be worried about that. The Minister needs to correct the record of the Dáil and say that is the case. Other funding has also been applied for in the area and the Department has refused that.

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