Ms Geraldine Tallon:

Of the decisions made, not all of the allowances have been approved. I said that of the 14 national cases, we have had decisions from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 12 of them. Six of them have been approved for new beneficiaries. A number of others have been approved subject to modification or review to be carried out between now and next February, and a number have not been approved. We have decisions but not necessarily approvals.