Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Senator might choose for it not to be clear, but to be absolutely clear, there are proposals in the Department from Donegal County Council to build new fire stations in the three locations mentioned by Senator Ó Domhnaill, namely, Ballyshannon, Bundoran and Gleann Cholm Cille. I have no money to build any of them at the moment, thanks to the fact that we have ceded our economic sovereignty to the EU and IMF. I am waiting to see what the capital programme for 2012 is like before I make a decision about any fire station in the country. I do not have money for capital investment in any fire station in any part of the country in 2011 thanks to the work of our predecessors.