Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is not that they were left unclaimed. Everything that went forward that was correctly processed was paid. These are cohorts that did not indicate which sector they were from during the application process. That is one of the key areas the appeal mechanism will respond to. We had to set up a separate process for the 31 local authorities to administer the appeal, which is very significant. We hope to have that open in the next couple of weeks.