Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The local authority will report back to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government but in respect of funding we have retained the current expenditure level of €5.58 million. The funding will go towards the training of Civil Defence members. As they have to be ready for all emergencies we want to retain the level of training and hence the reason we want to retain the budget going forward.