Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Duffy for providing clarity on the incontinence issue, which is hugely frustrating. My understanding is that the €7 million remains within the environment fund for this specific purpose, with a credit per home of €75. The difficulty in issuing the payment to people relates to the GDPR and other data issues. The committee may revisit this issue as part of its pre-budget submission because it is frustrating. Ms Duffy is correct to say that the decision I, as Minister, took to move from pay-by-weight to pay-by-use provides a certain amount of flexibility that does ease the financial strain on that cohort of families. The Department and its officials are anxious to resolve this matter, if they can, and the committee may return to it.