Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Generally it is fair to say that they would be looking for more and getting less than what would be looked for. As with all of the State agencies, they would come to me with prebudget submissions laying out their plans for the year and their asks and their ambition levels. That would then form part of the prebudget engagement. I would meet them to discuss their asks and across all Government agencies I would do the best I could to try to support them for the year ahead. It would be based on their submissions, what they would like to do and achieve and how State funding, in this case the horse and greyhound fund, would contribute to that.