Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know the Minister of State is delivering a script and I thank him for it but, ultimately, someone has to pay for this. It appears to be a typical Civil Service scenario of one Department blaming another. One Department is abdicating responsibility to another and the other Department is not living up to its responsibilities. Someone has to pay and someone has to state definitively who is responsible. With the Cathaoirleach's indulgence, I will now give notice of the same matter for a response from the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW and we will see what we get back. There was a shortfall of €1.6 million and someone has to meet it. Those who are suffering as a result of this are the people of County Clare. If Clare County Council is €1.6 million short in funding, it has to come from somewhere and that will have a knock-on effect on services in County Clare. I thank the Minister of State sincerely for coming to the House but I will have to disturb the House and give notice of the matter again next week to see if I can get to the bottom of this.