Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We had to delay one particular meeting on it because a motion of no confidence in the Minister, Deputy Harris, had been tabled and we had to attend in the Dáil. Another meeting was delayed due to a Brexit meeting. However, this is something we have been discussing. It has been on the radar of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and my Department since the end of last year when we saw that this was more successful than other people were saying. We were saying it was successful if one looked at how the actual application of the drawdown works.

We have been engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The scheme has not run out of money. Drawdowns are still being made. We are trying to put in place further funding for the scheme. That is what I have been telling the Dáil since, I think, December. Certainly since the beginning of the year we have been quite clear on that.