Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)

I will get to the overspend but regarding the supplementary welfare allowance, I am not the only person here who runs a constituency clinic, although sometimes I think I am the only one in my area, and we hear all the time about delays that happen. I am glad the Minister is looking into the underspend. It would be very valuable and I welcome that he will share the information with us. If we were all asked whether there was someone who came to our most recent clinic whom we felt would be eligible for the supplementary welfare allowance, we would all say there was. In terms of ensuring the money gets to people, is the Minister directing additional resources to ensure the delays are lessened? There are lengthy delays experienced, of up to six weeks in some instances. Is it the Minister's intention, or will he wait for the result of the investigation, to put more resources against this?