Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
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Five months seems to me to be undue. I appreciate everything the Minister has said about the people and the potential. However, he has not acknowledged that the association was waiting a long time for this report and it was submitted to his Department on 25 May. The first chance the association had to address the issues in the report and comply with the Department's funding requirements and the report's recommendations was five months post-budget. As Deputy Martin Kenny said, how on earth, with all the immense resources the Department has, could it take five months for it to go through this report? How can the Minister expect a group of very determined and resourceful but voluntary people to comply with his Department's requirements? It is completely unfair.