Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was once-off funding of €50 million. Of that, €30 million was to be spent in 2023, and €20 million is to be spent next year because some of these were big enough projects. It requires a bit of a lead-in time. Expecting them all to be spent within a year was nigh impossible. We have the €50 million, and there will be €30 million this year and €20 million next year.

We will look at another one. If any issues were found in the last one, I am happy to hear them. We rolled it out through the local authorities, so these projects are driven by the local authorities. However, maybe there are learnings on how we can be more targeted in supporting the communities that went beyond the call of duty in providing accommodation and support for both Ukrainians and international protection applicants. They deserve to be recognised and supported. I am happy to hear views. I have heard a few comments on it. Where we can make improvements, I am happy to look at it. At the end of the day we are all trying to do the same thing here in helping the communities.