Vote for my amendment.

If the Minister votes for my amendment I will vote for his.

There is no transparency.

It is as clear as day. I cannot be clearer than that.

The Minister spent two and a half minutes of his speech speaking about Sinn Féin. Deal with the amendment. Why is the Minister rejecting our amendment?

Why will the Minister not speak to the amendment?

What is the Minister's rationale?

The Minister is writing blank cheques.

That is not true. That is disingenuous. The Minister is misleading the House. I deal with this at the Committee of Public Accounts and at the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on an ongoing basis. The Minister knows this. The Minister has spent his entire speech talking about Sinn Féin.

So, it is not based on a business case. It is pro rata -----

I thought it was to be based on a business case.

I have an amendment.

The Minister spent his entire speech talking about the Opposition without actually referring to the amendment that the Opposition has tabled.

The Minister is in government with the Green Party-----

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The Minister is asking for a blank cheque.

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