Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

From a departmental point of view, we would have taken more but, unfortunately, it was not available. We were quite happy that we got the allocation of €50 million. It was discussed at Cabinet and was prioritised as an area that we knew needed extra funding. The figure of €50 million came out of the total financial situation that was there at the time at which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, was dealing with it. We were happy with the €50 million, which was a considerable amount of money to find.