Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

The point is that it is a charge on this Vote and the normal expectation would be that policy reviews in relation to schemes are the responsibility of the funding Department. I accept certainly that it is a broader issue than just this particular scheme. It fits into a set of schemes. A similar issue would possibly arise with the water conservation grant where, again, the Department is, in effect, an agent in making a payment while the policy belongs to another Department.