Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With regard to spending and getting good value for money, everybody waits to see what their allocation will be in the budget each year. For example, Sport Ireland would want to know what will be its pot of funding. When the likes of the FAI makes a submission for the coming year on grant aid funding, how far above or below the amount requested would it be allocated? Before the budget each year, everybody has their hands open looking for millions of euro. For example, the health service would be hoping to get more money than what is announced on budget day. Are organisations fairly good in regard to their requests for funding to keep the show going? For example, last year Sport Ireland gave them €2.7 million, give or take. Did they look for €3.5 million? Do they go way above the figure they believe they will get in their requests or are they understanding of the position on funding?