Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The payment will begin on 1 January 2023. The pandemic relief fund was agreed and put in place. I worked on it with An Post, the IPU and officials in the Department. It comprised €8.5 million over 18 months and will come to an end on 31 December, hence this intervention's start date of 1 January.

The Deputy's next question was on the €10 million following the Grant Thornton reports.