Ms Mary Hurley:

We worked closely with the elected representatives in County Mayo and, at all times, the community and the delivery of projects on the ground has been the priority, as it has been for us. On the pausing of the funding, and the Deputy is correct that there were some announcements during that paused period, we have engaged with Mayo County Council in respect of potential projects that could move forward. We are aware there were some losses for the county concerning projects at that time. This is something we will consider in future in terms of those projects. What was key at the time was to ensure that the systems in place would deliver the best projects for County Mayo in future. We have reached a point now, between all the toing and froing and all the engagement around projects, where County Mayo is now in a situation where the money funnelled through the Vote will deliver projects.