James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I echo the Deputy's comments, but I would go further by saying we could not deliver as a Government in the way we do without the phenomenal volunteers in this sector. Again, I thank them for their work.

On Deputy Robert Troy's point, I can confirm that the education and training boards, formerly the VECs, do disburse the funds. On the question of when they will know their budgets, they know already. They were told in December that their budgets were set.