Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the questions together so we can get through them more quickly. First, am I correct in reading from the Minister's opening statement that he hopes to have the review completed by June 2022? I wish to follow up on what Deputy Ellis was discussing. There are many figures and amounts in the opening statement. The Department has over €5.5 million and €3 million of that is going to NGOs. Can the Minister give us a breakdown of the €2.5 million? He probably will not have it to hand here, but perhaps he could forward the breakdown of that €2.5 million to the committee. To what types of projects is this money going?

The Minister spoke about the special initiative for Travellers, which is welcome. I am a little underwhelmed that it is only seven locations. Can the Minister tell the committee where the seven locations are and whether there are any plans for expanding the initiative?

I wish to echo what Deputies Joan Collins and Ellis said. We visited the Spring Lane site last week and it was very depressing to see it. As the Minister with responsibility for children and equality, what type of engagement is he having with the council regarding Spring Lane and monitoring the work that is going on there?