Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will draw a comparison in order to clarify the position. It is not unusual for a Department to advance funding to organisations to get them up and running. For example, we are all familiar with community employment schemes. They run for a year. They get funding for the first few months and then they get a payment every month and coming to the end of the scheme they must be audited and then they can be rolled over once that is done. They get funding to get them up and running but the funding for the full year is not given upfront. Funding for a month or two is given and then monthly payments are made thereafter.