Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are still monitoring that. The Deputy knows how the local authorities work and that a lot of receipts will be submitted in the last few weeks of the year. We expect that figure to go up significantly and I hope it will. I have allocated the money and am waiting for the local authorities to draw it down. I can only do what I can do, which is to allocate the money. I depend on the local authorities to draw it down. We have made a big effort, as the Deputy is aware, to contact the local authorities and while it is top be hoped that we can get that figure up to €9 million or €10 million, we must wait and see. After this meeting, I will discuss with my officials the level of drawdown by the local authorities and the receipts we expect to get in by the end of the year.