Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister sits at the Cabinet table. How can he endorse the proposal? It is another blow to rural Ireland. In County Leitrim six of the 30 service providers will lose out.

My second point concerns another area of public expenditure. In the same area special needs children who receive a subvention for attending child care facilities will have their funding cut-off at 15 years. The Minister is presiding over these decisions.