Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The key thing is that we are putting the money back in and that we do so as quickly as possible. I have spoken to committees repeatedly on the need to put the business case together to show that it can be spent. When I look for more money for this area, whether within the departmental budget or with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, I have to be able to show that we can spend it and that we will get it spent. If we can change the system and I can show that money can be spent, I will spend it on high-quality accommodation, and rightly so. If it has proper design and accommodates the needs of the Traveller community, then we can get more money. It is about being able to strengthen our position so as, first, to spend what we have, and second, win more money because that money has to be won and secured.