Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We were so aware and working with our colleagues in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to put the IT system in place. A project team and project board had been established to seek to bring this about. We sought to engage on it. In the meantime, we are putting in place an interim arrangement in order that there can be claim building under the existing arrangements. I stress that, as the programme was adopted in February 2015, the deadline for claiming the 2014-15 allocations is end-2018. This is a cash-flow issue and it is expected that the system will be fully operational later this year. Funding which will be claimed has not been lost. There is no loss of activity or funding.