Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In fairness, the funding was not there to deliver these projects in the past. We now have the rural regeneration fund. When Deputy Ring was Minister, he set up that fund. He fought for €1 billion. I can honestly tell Deputy Tóibín that he fought for it because I watched him and he did a good job.

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