Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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That is for a maximum payment of up to €215 million. It is in the legislation we were working on in the Dáil last week. The funding for it is to come 50% from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, so long as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform agrees to that, and 50% from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. It is to be done through a reallocation from other divisions but I do not think those divisions have been decided yet, so it has not been allocated. The Deputy suggested it would come from energy efficiency but I do not think that decision has been made. In other words, €107.5 million will have to be reallocated from other divisions within the Department.