Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Select Committee on Social Protection
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary)
9:30 am
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
They all spend it. Different Departments get different funding for different programmes. Once they get the funding, it is up to them to ensure they have enough to roll out their programmes. They sometimes have to put in money from their own departmental budgets. I encountered that with a social protection programme. I believe it was the EmployAbility programme. I had to invest additional funding to ensure it kept going. It was due to stop, but it was a very good programme that got people back to work. We will write to the Minister.
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