Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I did not say that. It would be very rare for the EU, as the Deputy knows, to fund anything in its entirety. It would be a question of allocating resources when the EU budget is being decided. In this field much of the resource allocation is matched by member states and organisations which may draw down the funds. This has long been the practice in the EU. I am not aware of any proposals to change this practice.