Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take on board what the Senator has said. He is quite right that in 2015 the allocation to County Monaghan was €7.6 million and in 2016 it was €12.3 million. There was a substantial increase. He is correct that it is a long way from where it was in the good old days but, unfortunately, so is everything else. We have a plan to get it back to where it was but I take on board the points made by the Senator.