Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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It is static, but I make the point, and I am always struck by this when I go abroad, that we are one of a relatively small number of countries that has such an active programme of financial support for our diaspora, quite rightly. That is so much so that other countries are now looking to Ireland and how we run these programmes and thinking about how they can develop them too. As a line Minister, I always look to increase funding for all parts of my Department but that will obviously be a matter for the budget in October.